It was time to take action to replace an
almost 90-year-old bridge spanning the
Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) in
Philadelphia.
Not only was the South Street Bridge
structurally deficient, but a six-ton weight
limit was in operation, and in addition, the
structure had been shedding chunks of
concrete, including some that landed on
the expressway.
These problems were exacerbated by
extreme congestion, caused by carrying

some 23,000 vehicles daily as well as
numerous pedestrians. Approximately
1,000 bicyclists also used the bridge each
day, according to the Bicycle Coalition of
Greater Philadelphia.
The bridge was closed on Dec. 8, 2008,
and has now been demolished. The new
span will be built on the same site, a crossing point since 1805 when the first bridge
was built a half-mile from the current site.
The original bridge at South Street was
made largely of iron. Built to a drawbridge design, it opened in 1876. The

General contractors and equipment dealers in the United
States have limited options right now in responding to Haiti’s
destructive earthquake. Contributing funds to recovery
efforts is the big-ticket response at this point. Shortly, however, the companies’skilled personnel and equipment will be
in greater demand.
The 7.0-magnitude quake that struck Haiti just before
dusk on Jan. 12 collapsed thousands of concrete-block
homes and larger buildings. The next morning’s light
revealed wholesale destruction and loss of life in the nation’s
capital, Port-Au-Prince. Deaths are estimated at somewhere
between 75,000 and 200,000, with another 200,000 injured.
Because Haiti generally is considered the poorest nation in
the Western Hemisphere, recovery is expected to be slow

see BRIDGE page 22

see HAITI page 14

Exhibitors Gear Up for Philly Construction Expo
The Philadelphia Construction Expo will be
held Tuesday, March 9 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
and Wednesday, March 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
in Oaks, Pa.
Hundreds of pieces of heavy and light construction equipment will be on display, as well
as trucks, trailers, attachments and all related

contractor supplies, products and services. In
addition to the main show floor, the
Association of Builders & Contractors (ABC)
will have a dedicated pavilion featuring a wide
variety of exhibits. Asphalt Care’s paving
show also will be incorporated into the Expo.
In addition to the exhibits, the show will feature a variety of seminars on relevant topics

designed to give attendees the solutions to the
challenges facing their companies and also to
expand their network of professional colleagues.
The topics covered include two hot OSHArelated topics presented by ABC of
Southeastern PA: “What’s New at OSHA,” a
see EXPO page 30

Front and center in the exhibit hall, SealMaster, Sandusky, Ohio, had a dominant
presence packed with plenty of new products and equipment.

Soon after the doors opened on the exhibit hall floor, a tremendous crowd packed
in to see the newest products available from some of the premier manufacturers in
the industry.

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Lots of folks seemed puzzled as they stopped and
stared at this modified “ultimate patching vehicle”
Chevy Suburban which was recently featured on Motor
City Motors on the Discovery Channel. An actual usable
piece of equipment, it can compact asphalt using low
rider hydraulics. KM International, North Branch,
Mich., was the sponsor.

GreenSweeper, Murfreesboro, Tenn., had one of the
showcase new products on display; the world’s first
electric power source for parking lot sweepers.

he Nashville Convention Center in downtown
Nashville, Tenn., was the stage for this year’s National
Pavement Expo (NPE) Jan. 20 to 23. Thousands of
paving and pavement maintenance professionals from across
the country attended the event, which received industry support from the Asphalt Institute, ASMA and NAPSA.
The four-day expo was packed with workshops, seminars,
conferences and in-depth industry networking. Industry
roundtables were extremely popular and provided plenty of
opportunities to socialize while sharing challenges, solutions
and experiences. More than 100 exhibitors displayed their
newest products and innovations and provided demonstrations of their product lines. Unique displays and neverbefore-seen products made their debut at this show.
Network night, hosted by 1-800-PAVEMENT, was a
huge success. Attendees had the opportunity to connect with
their peers and the industry’s leading manufacturers, dealers
and distributors while enjoying complementary food and
beverages on the exhibit floor.
Show management and sponsors have received extremely positive feedback on the success of the Expo with many
already looking forward to NPE 2011, which will be back in
the same venue Feb. 3 to 5, 2011.

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customers, Gail and Ron Seabaugh of Paving Pros LLC,
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Only after completing the task of caring for and stabilizing the residents will the effort shift to clearing
away entire blocks of debris in the capital city and
elsewhere.

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA) provided an R110-7A to its dealer in the Dominican
Republic, Tokmakjian. This machine was donated to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti along with an R210LC7. (L-R) are John Lim, president of HCEA; Lorenzo Fermin, general manager of Tokmakjian; and Joon Ahn, district sales manager of HCEA.
HAITI from page 1

The 7.0-magnitude quake that struck Haiti just before
dusk on Jan. 12 collapsed thousands of concrete-block
homes and larger buildings. The next morning’s light
revealed wholesale destruction and loss of life in the
nation’s capital, Port-Au-Prince.

Appealing to manufacturers who have supported his
nonprofit work to date, Tad Agoglia managed to
assemble a small stable of equipment suitable for the
Haitian task. The Pete Store in Knoxville, Tenn., donated a tri-axle Peterbilt dump truck.

Because Haiti generally is considered the poorest
nation in the Western Hemisphere, recovery is expected to be slow amid enormous human suffering.

amid enormous human suffering.
Numerous heavy equipment manufacturers responded
swiftly to the disaster. They did so for genuine humanitarian
reasons as well as in recognition of the fact that a voluntary
response was appropriate. After all, major reconstruction
efforts eventually will require their equipment.
A preliminary sampling of manufacturer relief effort
responses shows:
• Volvo Construction Equipment North America matched
employee donations that were contributed by Feb. 1. The
total amount will be consolidated with donations from other
Volvo business areas and business units in North America
into one Volvo Group NA gift. In addition, Volvo Group NA
will be providing support on the ground, and both Mack and
Volvo Trucks NA will make corporate contributions;
• Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA)
provided an R110-7A to its dealer in the Dominican
Republic, Tokmakjian. This machine will in turn be donated
to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti along with an
R210LC-7 that will be provided by Tokmakjian directly.
HCEA President John Lim also visited the Dominican
Republic and traveled to Haiti to assist in the relief efforts
first hand.
• The John Deere Foundation is donating $250,000 to the
Red Cross for Haiti and the corporate office is matching
employee donations up to $1,000 per employee;
• Case New Holland has been involved in efforts to relieve
the humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the country was stricken by a mammoth earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.
The company is supporting relief efforts by providing Case,
New Holland and Kobelco construction equipment and
companywide monetary donations.
“Soged S.A., the Case dealer in Haiti, immediately
deployed available excavators, wheel loaders and other
equipment to assist in recovery efforts. And EDOM —
Empresas Dominicanas C.A., a New Holland/Kobelco dealer in the Dominican Republic, was able to offer delivery of
up to 10 machines within 24 hours,” said Jim McCullough,
president and CEO, CNH Construction Equipment. “Our
Case, New Holland and Kobelco brands will continue to

support recovery efforts in the coming weeks,” he added.
CNH also has offered several pieces of heavy construction
equipment to Haiti, including crawler excavators ranging
from 7 to 16 tons (6.3 to 14.5 t), a tractor loader backhoe and
motorgrader, through the United Nations.
• Kubota Corporation’s affiliated companies in the United
States and Canada, including Kubota Tractor Corporation
(KTC); Kubota Credit Corporation (KCC); Kubota
Manufacturing of America (KMA); Kubota Industrial
Equipment (KIE); Kubota Engine America Corporation
(KEA); and Kubota Canada, Ltd., have donated $50,000 in
equipment in-kind for ongoing relief efforts in Haiti. Kubota
has provided Kubota generators and other electronic and first
aid supplies through the California-based Operation USA.
“Kubota employees around the world would like to
express our sympathy for the victims and their families of the
recent earthquake disaster in Haiti,” stated Satoshi Iida, president, Kubota Tractor Corporation (USA). “Kubota sincerely hopes for the eventual recovery and re-settlement of those
impacted by this crisis. It is our hope that this donation will
be helpful to the significant humanitarian work ongoing
toward relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake.”
In addition, Kubota Corporation of Osaka, Japan, has
already made a contribution of $110,000 to the Japanese Red
Cross Society for earthquake relief assistance. The combined
Kubota Corporation worldwide donation also represents
contributions from affiliated companies in Europe, Asia, and
Australia.
• The Caterpillar Foundation is making an initial contribution of $200,000 to international Red Cross and Red
Crescent relief efforts. The Foundation also will match dollar-for-dollar Caterpillar employee, retiree and Cat dealer
employee financial contributions to the Red Cross to a total
of $300,000
Cat corporate executives also are working through a dealer in Haiti called Haytrac in the deployment of equipment
and operators to the stricken area. A few pieces of equipment
have been sent already. Two backhoe loaders and three
hydraulic excavators were donated to Haytrac and hydraulic
excavators and wheel loaders are being transported for use in
see HAITI page 26

JESCO Expands; Acquires Nortrax’Beacon, N.Y., Facility
JESCO has expanded its territory
coverage by acquiring the Nortrax
Beacon, N.Y., facility. It also has
become the exclusive John Deere and
Hitachi Construction equipment
dealer on Long Island and in the five
boroughs of New York.
“This is a natural area of growth
for JESCO. We are excited about
expanding into New York and the
opportunities that come with this
acquisition,” stated Jon Robustelli,
president of JESCO. “Our goal is to
enhance existing customer relationships and build new ones by providing the same quality services that
we’ve offered at our three New
Jersey locations for more than 37
years.”
JESCO retained a number of key
Nortrax employees who will continue working at the Beacon location,
providing service to the Hudson
Valley territory, which includes
Rockland, Orange, Dutchess,
Putnam, Ulster, Sullivan and
Westchester counties.
JESCO employees at their new Beacon, N.Y., location: (L-R) are John Poholchuk, parts specialist;
JESCO will offer John Deere Mike O’Connor, rental coordinator; Tom Harris, service technician; Bob Hansen, service techniheavy construction and forestry cian; and Jay Zaleski, service manager.

equipment to end-users in these new
areas. It also will offer John Deere’s
CWP line, which includes skid steer
loaders, compact track loaders, miniexcavators and compact wheel loaders as well as the entire line of Hitachi
excavators and rigid-frame trucks.
The Hitachi excavator line consists of
the U-Series compact excavators, the
Zaxis Series construction excavators
and the EX Series shovels. The rigidframe Hitachi truck line includes five
models from the EH-750-3 to the EH5000ACII Series.
For more than 37 years, JESCO
has been supplying municipalities and
contractors throughout New Jersey
and the New York metro area with a
wide range of construction equipment
including John Deere, Hitachi,
BOMAG, Hypac, Indeco, Genesis,
Hydrema and most recently, Cleaire.
JESCO has three New Jersey
branch offices conveniently located in
South Plainfield, Fairfield and
Lumberton as well as its new location
in Beacon, N.Y.
For more information, call
800/241-7070 or visit www.jesco.us.

A combination of Komatsu and Caterpillar excavators was used for the demolition
of the bridge deck and concrete substructure.
BRIDGE from page 1

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demolished 1923 bridge also was originally
constructed as a drawbridge, although it was
ultimately converted to a single span structure.
As part of the necessary preparations for
long-term traffic detours while the river
crossing is unavailable for the two years
needed to demolish the bridge and build its
replacement, the city’s Streets Department
upgraded 32 signalized intersections in the
general area. These signals are interconnected with traffic cameras, so the timing of the
signals can be changed as needed by remote
means.
According to the Streets Department,
replacing the bridge is the largest project it
has undertaken.
Richard E. Pierson Construction
Company Inc., headquartered in Pilesgrove,
N.J., handled the demolition job. The company has a wide variety of experience in this
field, including demolishing the Sands
Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., and the
Meridian Building in Philadelphia.
Pierson Construction began work on this
project in December 2008, and with no problems encountered completed it in June 2009,
ahead of schedule.
“The bridge was approximately 1,400 feet
long with two spans over two SEPTA rail
lines, a span under a CSX bridge, two spans
over four Amtrak rail lines, two over I-76,
three spans over the Schuylkill River, and
one over four CSX rail lines. One of the
spans over the river was a 100 foot decommissioned bascule span,” company project
manager Fred Stuart recalled.
“We used a variety of Komatsu and

Caterpillar excavators, including Komatsu
PC400, PC300, PC200 and PW220 models
and Caterpillar 315, 345 and a 245 and
LaBounty hydraulic shears and NPK
hydraulic impact hammers,” Stuart said.
“The excavators and attachments are owned
by the company. We also used a Manitowoc
12000 crane on Shugart sectional barges for
our picks on the water, also owned by R. E.
Pierson.
“We also rented several hydraulic cranes
from Thackray Crane Rental in Philadelphia
for our crane picks off the water. These
cranes varied in size from an 80 ton Grove
crane to a Liebherr LTM400.1,” he added.
Pierson personnel working on the job varied in number. At peak the company was
fielding a 12-strong night shift and a day
shift with six workers.
Pierson also engaged two subcontractors
— Philadelphia’s Diamond Huntbach
Construction Corporation, which handled
removal of asbestos pipe from the bridge,
and Atlantic Concrete Cutting Inc., headquartered in Mount Holly, N.J., which carried out saw-cutting for the job.
Funding for the project’s total cost of $67
million is split between federal (80 percent),
state (15 percent), and city (5 percent)
sources. The price tag for the demolition portion of the job was $4.5 million.
Construction of the new 11-pier span is
under way. The new bridge will feature decorative lighting, pedestrian and bicycle
paths, and overlooks from which the view of
the city skyline can be admired.
(This story also can be found on
Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at
www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

Razing, Hauling Away Rubble Could Take Three Months
HAITI from page 14

Haiti via Rio Haina in the neighboring
Dominican Republic. Caterpillar also temporarily suspended fees for emergency parts
orders from Haiti and quickened the parts
ordering process.
These and other contributions by manufacturers helped support the early work of
recovering bodies and establishing emergency medical and food supply centers. As
many as one million Haitians are believed to
have been displaced by the quake. Only after
completing the task of caring for and stabilizing them will the effort shift to clearing
away entire blocks of debris in the capital
city and elsewhere. That demolition activity
eventually will be followed by repair of
infrastructure and construction of new buildings.
In some respects, the reconstruction will
be just a continuation of pre-quake activity
in Haiti. Two months ago, for example, the
World Bank authorized tens of millions of
dollars for transportation projects in the
country including rebuilding of farm-tomarket roadways. Some of that money was
to replace infrastructure damaged by hurricanes and tropical storms that struck in 2007
and 2008.
Now, many more rebuilding dollars will
be needed.
Before demolition and construction bidding can begin, relief organizations and volunteers are being relied upon to do the work.
They have begun the process of clearing
away the latest layer of debris from Haiti’s
soil. Among those helping with this early
work are members of the First Response
Team of America.
“We loaded up equipment yesterday and
are just about ready to hop on a ship,” Tad
Agoglia reported Jan. 26 from a Florida harbor. Agoglia and three other team members
subsequently crossed the Atlantic waters to
Port-Au-Prince where Agoglia expects to
spend three months demolishing and hauling
away destroyed buildings. The other members of his team will spend one year in the
country
The First Response Team is a nonprofit
outfit that responds immediately to natural
disasters anywhere in the United States.
Because of the proximity of Haiti to the
United States and the level of destruction
involved, Agoglia decided to send responders to work the disaster.
“In the days immediately after the quake,”
Agoglia explained on his Web site (firstresponseteam.org), “the team struggled with
deciding whether or not responding to the
needs of Haiti would jeopardize our commitment to respond to disasters in the United
States. But at the end of the day, our focus is
on humanity. And how could we turn our
backs on such an epic disaster, so close to
home, that has left a large portion of Haiti

The earthquake destroyed the Haitian presidential palace.

wondering if there will ever be another
tomorrow.”
Appealing to manufacturers who have
supported his nonprofit work to date,
Agoglia managed to assemble a small stable
of equipment suitable for the Haitian task.
The Pete Store in Knoxville, Tenn., donated
a tri-axle Peterbilt dump truck. Cleveland
Brothers in Pennsylvania contributed a
Caterpillar 312 excavator.
A donated trailer was a serendipitous find.
Agoglia was on his way to Litchfield, Minn.,
to express his gratitude to Towmaster
Trailers president David Lundin for previous
equipment donations when he heard about
the destructive quake. The disaster naturally
came up in conversation with Lundin and
the company executive realized he had a
trailer in inventory that could help Agoglia in
Haiti. A 19-ft. low-profile Towmaster T-40
40,000-lb. capacity trailer now hauls the
excavator from tumbled building to tumbled
building in Port-Au-Prince.
“I knew he had to get his equipment
together quickly,” Lundin said, explaining
his rapid decision to donate the trailer. He
noted that his company has pledged to aid
the First Response Team for some time to
come. “I know it’s a financial commitment,
but it’s the right thing to do as a company.”
Bob Piper knows something about
responding to natural disasters. Piper is vice
president for industry relations of Associated
Builders and Contractors. In the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina, he was
involved coordinating the response of ABC
chapters in the Gulf area. He was part of an
effort to deliver a truckload of water and
clothing. Piper subsequently helped raise
funds and train volunteers for reconstruction
efforts in the region as part of a Business
Roundtable campaign.
As for Haiti, Piper doesn’t yet see comparable opportunity for a coordinated intervention.
“The best anyone can do right now is to
send dollars. We will become more involved
once the rebuild actually begins.”
Piper said a couple of ABC members have

Before demolition and construction bidding can begin, relief organizations and
volunteers are being relied upon to do
the work. They have begun the process
of clearing away the latest layer of
debris from Haiti’s soil.

contacted him asking how to respond.
“A line company out of Nevada is wanting to send some crews to help, for instance.
But until we actually have a source of information on the ground, we’re not sending
anyone. We will continue looking for
avenues to get involved and when they open
up, we will put it out to our members.”
Several general contractors in the
Charlottesville, Va., area were involved in
Haiti long before the quake rattled the country. The contractors — most of whom are
members of Associated General Contractors
— constitute a nonprofit organization called
Building Goodness Foundation. It was started 11 years ago by a few builders and architects who volunteered to help build a rural
community center in Haiti.
“After I came back home, I was fairly disturbed by what I saw,” one of those builders,
Jack Stoner, said of his introduction to Haiti.
“One man said to me that it was one of the
most important things we’ve done in our
working lives and asked me how we can do
more of it.”
The stricken consciences of Stoner and
his volunteer companions sparked formation
of the organization, which employs their
skills to improve the lives of needy communities at home and overseas. Over the past

decade, Building Goodness Foundation has
erected community centers, clinics and
housing in several states as well as in Haiti,
Guatemala and Honduras. In all, some 1,200
volunteers have expended approximately
80,000 volunteer hours working on nearly
240 buildings.
Haitian projects have included construction of two medical clinics, 15 small houses
and a 6,000-sq.-ft. headquarters compound
as well as repair of school buildings.
“All the houses we built are hurricane
proof and now have proven to be earthquake
proof. The concrete houses fell down but our
wood-frame houses survived. There is a real
demand now to have us come back and build
some more.”
Stoner said the organization is working on
prototype structures that can be adapted for
use as schools, clinics or business places.
“We probably are two or three months
away from sending in teams for rebuilding,”
the co-owner of Alexander/Nicholson Inc.
said. “It will be an overwhelming task.
Normally we would send four to five groups
to Haiti in a year. Now we will have to send
15 to 20 groups to have an impact.”
What Building Goodness has discovered
is that more skilled volunteers are needed to
work with unskilled Haitian partners on
projects. Stoner said more attention also will
be paid to raising the skill level of the Haitian
workers. Such training was frowned upon
previously because it was feared the building-trained workers would leave for the city
instead of staying in rural areas where their
agricultural skills are needed. Now, however, building talent will be at a premium in
many parts of the country.
Stoner welcomed the interest of anyone
wanting to volunteer or contribute to the
organization — or to start a Building
Goodness unit in another part of the country,
for that matter. He believes the work remains
vital both as a humanitarian response and an
industry outreach.
That combination is what inspired the
men to form the nonprofit. The group of
builders realized that a lot of good nonprofit
groups needed buildings and infrastructure
“and had no idea how to put them together.
It just sort of grew out of that.”
He believes “a lot” of public misconceptions exist about the construction industry as
regards the public interest. He sees volunteer
construction activity as visible promotion of
the industry and a genuine contribution to
communities.
After all, Stoner observed, “the humanitarian crisis in Haiti wouldn’t be there if the
buildings hadn’t fallen down.”
(This story also can be found on
Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at
www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
CEG

Pa.’s Eagle Power & Equipment Plays in the Snow
By the time the record-breaking
snowfall that began in the
Philadelphia area on the evening
of Feb. 9 was over, most people
were happy to dig out their cars,
clear their driveways and sidewalks and hope that it didn’t ever
snow like that again. A few of the
more enterprising folks made
snowmen and snow forts with the
kids.
But Dean Leonetti Jr., skid
steer/trencher specialist of Eagle
Power and Equipment, headquartered in Montgomeryville, Pa., took
advantage of the unprecedented
quantity of snow in his front yard to put
a shout out for the industry. With the
assistance of Darrell Kirban, Kirban
Customs Inc., Kintnersville, Pa., his
daughter Devyn and Leonetti’s daughter,
Bella, Leonetti turned his front yard into
an equipment showroom with a snow
sculpture of a Takeuchi TL220.
The highly detailed replica was made
entirely of snow, no cheating allowed, and
was complete down to a “cab” that could
be sat in and a bucket full of, what else,
snow. With the extended forecast around
Leonetti’s home calling for temperatures
staying well within the 30s, Leonetti can
expect to enjoy the new addition to his
yard for quite some time.

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discussion of what to expect in the future
from both the national and regional OSHA
offices, and “OSHA: Recent National and
Local Emphasis Programs.”
Brubacher Excavating will present
“Trenching & Excavating Safety
Awareness” — a topic that OSHA has targeted for inspections over the past several
years.
PA One Call will present “The Tolerance
Zone … how to calculate it and how to work
with prudent techniques within it.”
LICAwill present a variety of timely seminars, including “Introduction to Adopting
Positioning Technology for Construction,”
“You’re Not Sellin’, They’re Buyin’,”
“Expanding Your Business Services” and
“Equipment Security”
New to the show this year is the Virtual
Totebag, which gives attendees the ability to
download brochures and seminar materials
to their mobile devices. Not only does the
Virtual Totebag make it easy to be green, it
makes it easy for attendees to store and share
information collected at the event, without
having to tote around pounds of paper.
In another exciting addition to this year’s
show, ABC will host Meet the Contractor, a
speed networking program designed to assist
professionals in making contacts that will
keep their businesses growing.
Parking and admission are free.
Following is a comprehensive list of
exhibitors that will be showcasing the products and services at the Philadelphia
Construction Expo:
Advance Tire
1000 Somerset St.
Building 4B
New Brunswick, NJ 088901
Booth 53
Tires for off-road equipment, such as skid
steers and backhoes. Advance Tire also provides urethane foam fill flatproofing and TY
cushion soft-ride solid tires, along with a full
line of rubber tracks.
All-State Careers
501 Seminole St.
Lester, PA 19029
Booth 32
Commercial driver’s license (CDL) training and testing; load securement training;
DOT rules and regulations; commercial
driver placement service; forklift training;
and three PA CDL test sites.

D-A Lubricant Company
1340 West 29th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Booth 20
D-A is a leading manufacturer of lubricants. Engine oil include CJ-4 and synthetics; greases, hydraulic fluids, gear oils, mining fluids, antifreeze and specialty lubricants, which are engineered for maximum
protection and equipment life in a wide
range of applications. D-A offers CLS used
oil analysis with results on the Web.
Eagle Power & Equipment
953 Bethlehem Pike
Montgomeryville, PA 18936
Booths 620, 630

New Holland and Kubota tractors and
utility vehicles; Rayco and Bandit chippers
and stump grinders.

MARCH 9-10, 2010 9:30AM - 4PM
SEMINARS & TRAINING SESSIONS
Check out the topics that will be presented and see why the Philadelphia Construction
Expo is the ultimate source for professionals development, education and training!

Tuesday, March 9

PA One Call
The Tolerance Zone

(12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)
This educational seminar gives an explanation of safe digging practices
when working around underground facilities as outlined in Pennsylvania
Act 287 (as amended), the Underground Utility Line Protection Act. The
program discusses marking standards, proper methods of excavation and
basic requirements under the Act.

This course is an overview of the fundamental procedures related to the
tack coating, paving, and compaction of asphalt. The goal of this course
is to help paving crews work more efficiently and increase knowledge on
the jobsite. An additional Q&A session will follow the course and specific
questions related to your company can be addressed.

Brubacher Excavating
Trenching & Excavating Safety Awareness

(11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
An average of 400-500 workers are killed annually in this country in
unsafe trenches and excavations which is why OSHA has this topic as a
focus for inspections over the past several years. The session will highlight OSHA's 1926 Subpart P-Excavation and Trenching Requirements.
The workshop will discuss a need for a "Trenching & Excavating COMPETENT PERSON", how to identify excavation hazards (including traffic &
other jobsite influences); methods to eliminate (or safety control) these
hazards; soil classifications & testing; sloping and shoring techniques;
and responsibilities of contractors involving the PA-1-Call system. This
workshop is a must for anyone who digs in the dirt (...or works around
those who dig)!

ABC of Southeastern PA
What’s New at OSHA?

(1:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
Find out what to expect in the future from both the national and regional
OSHA offices during this discussion. This is an opportunity to discuss
safety best practices directly with OSHA officials and your fellow contractors.
Find out:
• The latest on impending crane regulations
• How to handle new steel erection regulations
• What OSHA is looking for when conducting an inspection
• The four hazards where most injuries occur
• Strategies to protect your workers from the recent flu outbreaks

American Concrete Pavement Assn – PA Chapter
Concrete Pavement Basics

(2:00 PM – 3:00 PM)
This presentation will touch on some of the traditional applications for
concrete paving (construction and rehabilitation/maintenance of roadways
and streets) as well as some of the exciting new concrete paving applications and technologies being used in Pennsylvania.

(Registration 3:00 PM, Rotations 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM)
A quick and entertaining opportunity to introduce yourself and pitch your
company to other people in the industry. Participation in this event is on a
first come-first serve basis. Complete your information and return today
to reserve your space! Space is limited! Register online today at
www.abcsepa.org or call Robin Kelsh at 610/279-6666 or E-mail
rkelsh@abcsepa.org.

Wednesday, March 10
PA One Call
The Tolerance Zone

(11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
This educational seminar gives an explanation of safe digging practices
when working around underground facilities as outlined in Pennsylvania
Act 287 (as amended), the Underground Utility Line Protection Act. The
program discusses marking standards, proper methods of excavation and
basic requirements under the Act.

ABC of Southeastern PA
OSHA: Recent National and Local Emphasis Programs

(1:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
Meet with OSHA officials and other contractors to discuss and learn
about the current and impending “Emphasis Programs” put in place by
OSHA. Emphasis Programs target specific behavior or segment of an
industry where injuries have been high or rising. Learn what to expect
when an inspection occurs.

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the new Monroeville
Convention Center in Monroeville, Pa., just
outside of Pittsburgh.
Braving a massive nor’easter snowstorm,
guests and exhibitors alike met up to discuss
the latest in construction equipment and
services.
see EXPO page 39

Representatives
of
Productivity
Products, Saxonsburg, Pa., discuss the
features and benefits of the latest
Topcon technology.

David Pelaia (second from R), regional
sales manager of American Made Liner
Systems, Leetsdale, Pa., is ready to
explain to customers why his company
is number one in the liner business.

What goes around
comes around.
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their promises ... to their customers, their suppliers, and their
manufacturers.
At ALL, we stand behind every piece of equipment with timely
support, service, and parts. We continually invest in our people, our fleet of equipment, and training. And with branches
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Because that’s what you expect from a leader.

Ill. Icon, Caterpillar Turns 100
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) The $32 billion company that puts the Peoria area on the world’s
financial map got its start 100 years ago with
the deed to a bankrupt tractor plant and a
dozen employees.
Caterpillar, based in East Peoria, is easily
the area’s biggest employer with more than
16,000 local workers. But it’s also 44th in the
Fortune 500, employs more than 90,000
people around the world and serves as a bellwether for the economy because its construction and mining equipment is so widely
used.
“Over the years, our first plant along the
banks of the Illinois River has been the birthplace for many of the products that have
made us the company we are today,”
Caterpillar CEO-elect and Vice Chairman
Doug Oberhelman said. He has been picked
to replace outgoing CEO James Owens.
Cat got its start when Holt Manufacturing
Company of Stockton, Calif., chose East
Peoria and the bankrupt Colean
Manufacturing plant as its base east of the
Rockies.
Holt was looking at Minneapolis but a

young Peoria businessman named Murray
Baker steered Holt toward a relatively new
tractor plant owned by the bankrupt Colean
Manufacturing Company, according to
Caterpillar archivist Nicole Thaxton.
Pliny Holt, the nephew of Holt’s founder,
came to the Peoria area to check it out, and
loved it.
“I spent last Sunday in Peoria, Illinois,
investigating the plant of the Colean
Manufacturing Company and I must say that
I am more than enthused with the location of
this plant for our Eastern Manufacturing
business,” Pliny Holt wrote in a letter dated
July 1, 1909.
Holt Manufacturing took the deed to the
plant on Feb. 16, 1910, and started work as
Holt Caterpillar Company right away.
A group of investors bought Holt and
another manufacturer, C.L. Best Tractor Co.,
in 1925, and merged them into Caterpillar
Tractor Co.
Caterpillar employment reached more
than 110,000 and revenue topped $51 billion
in 2008 before the recession cut sales and led
the company to lay off workers.

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King of Prussia Equipment
Takes on Husqvarna Lineup
King of Prussia Equipment, a dealer of Soff-Cut
products, has expanded its business to
include the full range of Husqvarna
products.
“We know that King of
Prussia Equipment will be a
valuable partner and dealer
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pleased to be able to supply them with our equipment and blades,” a
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LiuGong Poised to Take Next
Giant Step in North America
Following a substantial product launch at
ConExpo ’08, development of its new
North America headquarters facility and
staff, and expansion of its dealer team,
LiuGong is poised to take the next giant step
forward on this side of the Pacific, according to the manufacturer.
According to Ron Hargrave, president of
LiuGong North America, “LiuGong builds
and ships over 40,000 wheel loaders a year,
more than any other foreign or domestic
OEM in the world.
“It was [the] combination of performance, quality and value that drew me to
LiuGong from day one. The fact that they
are the only construction equipment manufacturing company in China to ever win the
coveted National Quality Award was
extremely important to me, as I knew it
would be to my customers. It was quite clear
to me that this meant that no other Chinesemade piece of construction equipment,

whether branded with a Chinese or
American logo, could compete quality-wise
with a LiuGong.”
The company is run under the auspices of
ISO9000 and ISO14000, facts that, along
with the value offering are very important to
dealers, contractors and material producers,
especially in today’s economy. LiuGong’s
larger machines are all Cummins powered,
which means EPA certification is in place
and today’s products are all Tier III or IV
approved.
The company initially will offer lines of
hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders and vibratory
soil compactors. Future plans call for more
models of these lines, and the addition of
bulldozers and motorgraders along with
other earthmoving, asphalt production and
asphalt maintenance products.
For
more
information,
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Democratic
Gov. Martin O’Malley highlighted his job
creation proposals Feb. 2 to counteract the
recession and cautioned that the “storm is
not over,” but Republicans said his address
sounded more like a re-election ad than a
State of the State speech.
O’Malley avoided making any new proposals during his fourth annual address to a
joint session of the Maryland General
Assembly. Instead, the governor said the
cornerstone of his legislative agenda this
year will be jobs legislation that he already
has outlined.
“Although fourth quarter economic
growth has been the strongest our country
has seen in six years, the storm is not over,”
O’Malley said in a speech approximately
27 minutes long. “Wall Street has been stabilized, but Main Street still suffers.”
Democrats said they were optimistic
O’Malley’s proposals would be approved
without much change by the Democratcontrolled Legislature.
“I think he laid out a vision for the future
that makes sense fiscally and socially …
but we have more to do, obviously,” said
House Majority Leader Kumar Barve, DMontgomery.
He said Maryland residents could be
proud of the state’s Triple A bond rating and
a top ranking for Maryland public schools
in an education trade journal.
Republicans, however, said the speech
lacked substance.
“He wasn’t credible the whole way
through,” said Delegate Anthony
O’Donnell, the House minority leader. “It’s
about: ‘I’m a good guy, re-elect me,’ but,
you know, where’s the substance?”
But House Speaker Michael Busch, DAnne Arundel, said Republicans haven’t
offered better suggestions, and no one has
been complaining about the top-school’s
ranking. He also noted that the state’s
unemployment rate is almost 3 percentage
points below the national average.
“I think those are all things that lend
themselves to the fact that the state’s been
well managed,” Busch said.
The GOP said the governor came late to
the issue of job creation and became busi-

ness-friendly only after pushing $1.4 billion
in tax increases through a 2007 special session.
“This was the 2010 kickoff for the governor’s race — a lot of hyperbole, not long
on a lot of substance and clearly what substance there was was more government,”
said Sen. E.J. Pippin, an Upper Shore
Republican. “That’s out of step with the
voters of Maryland.”
To help reduce unemployment, which
was 7.5 percent in Maryland in December,
O’Malley is pushing for a $3,000 tax credit to businesses that hire an unemployed
worker. The governor also proposes major
investments in the state’s capital budget,
which he hopes will generate more than
20,000 construction jobs in Maryland next
year.
The governor also wants the Legislature
to approve a three-year, $50 million tax
credit to encourage revitalizing historic
downtowns and Main Streets in Maryland.
O’Malley called attention to some recent
job creation developments.
He said a public and private partnership
at the Port of Baltimore will create 5,700
new jobs in construction and port operations. He also pointed out new job opportunities that will come from General Motors’
plan to build its new generation of electric
hybrid engines in Maryland.
“And together we can and we must do
more,” O’Malley said.
O’Malley, who has faced budget problems since he took office in 2007, said the
$13 billion budget he proposed in January
includes less spending on state operations
than four years ago.
To balance the budget and fill a $2 billion
budget deficit while avoiding large numbers of layoffs in the state work force,
O’Malley used a combination of cuts, borrowing, fund transfers from reserves and
hope for $389 million more in federal aid.
The governor also asked lawmakers to
approve legislation to help protect families
from home foreclosures. The proposal
would require mortgage companies to enter
mediation with homeowners before they
can foreclose.
O’Malley said, “If they can pick up the
phone to put a family into a home, shouldn’t they be able to pick up the phone before
throwing a family out of a home?”

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Bardons & Oliver Applies a Century of AmQuip Hires Al
Experience to Making Precision Parts Bove as New Chief
Bardons & Oliver, located
Most of the company’s
in Solon, Ohio, approxiCNC machining centers
mately 15 mi. southeast of
offer “lights out” unattended
Cleveland, has been manuoperation to further reduce
facturing precision machine
the cost of complex preciparts for more than 100
sion parts and delivery time.
years.
In many cases fixtures
Located in a 100,000 sq.
remain on the pallet and
ft. manufacturing facility, the
tooling remains in the
company offers a specialized
machine magazine to allow
and experienced resource for
“flexible” scheduling by the
contract machining and
customer and quick response
manufacturing needs.
on special delivery needs.
Bardons & Oliver’s capaParts can be run and delivbilities include machining of The Bardons & Oliver facility includes multi-pallet ered in hours if needed,
steel, grey iron, ductile iron machining centers with high capacity tool changers.
according to the company.
and aluminum castings in
As an added customer
addition to steel and aluservice, there are two large
minum forgings. The company serves the oil and gas, assembly bays available with 14-ton (12.7 t) lifting capacity,
machine tools, plastic molding, pumps and valves, power allowing assembly and testing of components if required.
transmission and transportation industries.
Value-added items such as mechanical assembly, as well as
Bardons & Oliver also offers supply chain management, the addition of hydraulic or pneumatic components can be
assembly, testing, manufacturing know-how and financial combined to create a sub assembly or finished unit ready to

Operating Officer

Al Bove will be responsible for managing the field operations companywide, customer relationships as well
as maximizing utilization for the entire fleet as
AmQuip continues to expand its market presence.

stability and a variety of equipment to suit specific manufac- mount or use on the final product. This can further reduce
turing outsourcing requirements. The company is capable of cost, handling time and inventory.
machining prismatic parts up to 72 cu. in. (1,180 cu cm) and
Additional capabilities such as painting, pressure testing,
12,000 lbs. (5,443 kg), vertical turning to 80 in. (203 cm) OD panel wiring and testing also are available.
and 60 in. (152 cm) long and
For more than 60 years
horizontal turning up to 32
the company has been
in. (81 cm) OD and 144 in.
assembling various compo(366 cm) long.
nents
and
complete
In addition to completing
machines for a variety of
pre-production
process
industries including plastic
routers, fixture design, toolmolding, printing, machine
ing management and
tools, tire building, fluid
machine loading schedules,
power, transportation, power
the company also offers
transmission and aerospace.
large part capacity on both
Bardons & Oliver is a
vertical and horizontal
prime contract manufacturmachining centers, most of
ing and assembly choice for
which are equipped with
manufacturers in Ohio,
multi-pallet shuttle systems
Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
to allow continuous spindle Specialized equipment like this large gantry type Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
run time, minimizing set up measuring machine help Bardons & Oliver test final and Michigan.
time, and keeping production parts to assure that they meet or exceed customer
Bardons & Oliver is ISO
moving and part costs lower. specifications.
9001 certified.

Al Bove has been appointed as AmQuip Crane Rental
LLC’s chief operating officer. Bove will be responsible for
managing the field operations companywide, customer relationships as well as maximizing utilization for the entire fleet
as AmQuip continues to expand its market presence.
Bove was most recently the vice president and director of
crane operations for a national U.S. crane rental company.
He has more than 40 years of crane and construction industry experience.
Bove began his career working as an operating engineer
then joined Anthony Crane Rental where he embarked on a
28 year career. Bove’s relationships with customers, local
unions and industry manufacturers will add even more experience and expertise to AmQuip’s existing management
team, according to AmQuip.
“The addition of Al to the AmQuip team adds experience
and expertise that is unmatched in the industry. We are capitalizing on the current economic conditions to prepare
AmQuip and our management team to be ahead of the curve
as the country continues to improve and prepare for prosperity in the future. I feel privileged in that I consider
AmQuip to have the best crane rental personnel in the country. With the addition of Al, this is an opportunity to maintain
our position as industry leaders,” stated Frank Bardonaro,
president and CEO of AmQuip.
For more information, call 800/355-9200 or visit
www.AmQuip.com.

Volvo CE’s Fernandez Earns 2010 Golden Beavers Award
The 2010 Golden Beavers Award for
Service and Supply was presented to Al
Fernandez, regional vice president and
branch manager, Volvo Construction
Equipment Services (VCES), San
Leandro, Calif., at the Beavers 55th
Annual Awards Dinner held at the Hyatt
Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles,
Jan. 22, 2010.
More than 2,000 members of the construction industry attended the event,
which recognizes industry individuals
for their achievements, skills and contributions to the heavy construction industry in the categories of management,
supervision, engineering, and service
and supply. The 2010 Golden Beaver
Awards were presented by Beavers president and awards master of ceremonies,
Thomas R. Draeger, an executive with
the Bechtel Group. Former Speaker of
the House, Newt Gingrich, was the guest
speaker.
Fernandez began his career in the construction industry in 1974 in underground contracting operations during his
senior year at the Colorado School of
Mines, where he earned his bachelor’s
degree in mining engineering. Upon

graduation, Fernandez accepted a position with Ingersoll Rand’s international
group and, following extensive training,
was assigned as a sales engineer to that
company’s Mexico City office responsible for assisting contractors with equipment selection, operating costs, production requirements and feasibility analysis. He supported an array of jobs, from
hydroelectric projects and reservoir and
tunnel construction to mining and waterdevelopment projects.
In 1979 Fernandez joined the sales
department of Ingersoll Rand’s Pico
Rivera, Calif., office, and in 1987 was
appointed sales manager of the company’s San Leandro, Calif., operations. He
was promoted to vice president and
branch manager in 1989 and became
western regional vice president in 2002,
retaining this position after Volvo’s
acquisition of Ingersoll Rand’s roadbuilding machinery operations and 20
company-owned stores (now Volvo
Construction Equipment Services —
VCES) in 2007.
During Fernandez’s 36 years in the
construction industry, he has been active
in the California Mining Association,

California Ground Water Association,
the Beavers, and many other local and
national associations. He also has served
on several association boards and
received recognition awards for his
accomplishments and contributions to
these industries.
The Beavers is a social, honorary
organization formed, organized, and
managed by the construction companies
and individuals who are, or have,
engaged in heavy engineering construction. The organization meets annually to
recognize significant contributions to the
industry, and, additionally, promotes
goodwill within the industries represented by its members and encourages and
supports the entry of promising young
individuals into heavy engineering construction. It also supports the Beavers
Charitable Trust, which maintains 40
endowed scholarships with a cumulative
value of approximately $3 million for
civil engineering and construction management education purposes.
The organization is called the Beavers
because its founding members were primarily dam building contractors.

Rick

The 2010 Golden Beavers Award for Service and
Supply was presented to Al Fernandez, regional
vice president and branch manager, Volvo
Construction Equipment Services.

Woodson

From the Bleachers
It happens every year about this time. The month
of March is upon us and spring officially arrives
March 20. Still, Old Man Winter can’t stop laughing.
His dandruff — also known as snow — has the
ground covered and there’s more on the way for who
knows how long.
On the bright side, spring training has started for
Major League Baseball in places where snow shovels
don’t exist because they aren’t needed. The PGA
Tour teed off over a month ago and heads to Florida
after the Phoenix Open, sans Tiger Woods. Ah, and
yes, the Masters starts April 8.
Double-bogeys, triple bogeys, I don’t care (OK,
so I do care). I just want to hug my golf clubs, wear
shorts, despite my skinny legs, and soak up some Vitamin D. Shoot, I can’t even wait to mow the lawn
again. That ought to tell you something. As I’ve jokingly said for years, if there’s a hell, it’s probably
cold, not hot.
Years ago I was a downhill skier and loved it.
Spent many afternoons hitting the slopes at Bristol
Mountain, a great ski resort. Even skied out west and
in the Canadian Rockies a few times. Back then, I
didn’t want winter to end, but when it did, I said OK,
put away the skis and dusted off the golf clubs.

This February, though, the Winter Olympics have
kept me from being totally bummed out. The problem is, the Games end Feb. 28. But how can one not
love the Olympic Games — winter or summer —
especially when the U.S. team has taken the rest of
the world to the cleaners for most of two weeks.
The big story was the U.S. men’s hockey team
sending the entire country of Canada into a funk by
beating the Canadians 5-3. Not only that, but the
Canada’s “Own the Podium” program — that is, the
Canadians would win more medals than any other
country. As this is written, they have won 15 fewer
than the Americans and the meter is running.
As always, there are stories within stories. U.S.
skier Lindsey Vonn won a gold medal despite a shin
injury. Bode Miller, trying to become the first U.S.
skier to win four medals in one Olympics, missed a
gate during his first run Feb. 23 in the giant slalom.
Still, the skiers — all of them — went flying
down Whistler Mountain at speeds that would get
them pulled over and ticketed on the New York State
Thruway. And on sharp turns their upper bodies were
so close to the snow they could’ve licked it. Amazing
stuff. Heck, even the curling competition was gripping.

The only real downside of these games was the
death of the 21-year-young Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili during a practice run for the men’s luge competition.
Once the Olympics are gone for the next four
years, will I go back in my winter funk and resume
wondering when — if? — Tiger Woods will come
out of hiding and return to the PGA Tour?
I have done my best to ignore Woods for a while,
but that’s hard to do after his so-called “press conference” on Feb. 19. And I have to get this off my chest.
Woods definitely came across as remorseful, but if he
is so saddened by making so many people suffer for
his actions, how could he not show some emotion
and at least shed a tear or two? Makes me wonder if
he’s really sorry or just sorry he got caught.
There has been speculation from he’ll be back for
the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in late
March to he’ll play in the Masters to he won’t play
even one tournament in 2010.
When he does return, though, let’s hope we see an
overhauled version of the Tiger Woods we watched
and admired for 12 years. He definitely needs to
clean up is act on the golf course, starting with no
more club throwing and no more expletives.

Then he needs to high-five his fans, wave to them,
smile and after his round sign autographs instead of
conducting himself in such a way that sends the message, “I am the king and you are the peasants.”
It was that same attitude, which he admitted on
Feb. 19, which convinced him that because of his
fame and fortune, he was entitled to do what he
wanted, when he wanted and with whomever he
wanted.
At 34, Woods has plenty of time to build a positive legacy instead continuing to offend people, both
on and off the golf course. He should sit down and
take PR a lesson from Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
Most of us ignored all your negative behavior, not
in your private life but on and off the golf course
because we admired your golf game so much. But
not anymore, Tiger, not anymore.
(Rick Woodson is a regular columnist for the
“Rochester Business Journal” in Rochester, N.Y.,
and is the author of “Words of Woodson”, a collection of sports columns, available at www.authorhouse.com and www.thegolftee.net. Woodson’s email address is rwoodson@rochester.rr.com. )

Concrete Industry Management
Program Raises $386K at Auction
The National Steering Committee (NSC)
for the Concrete Industry Management
(CIM) program — a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year
Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete
Industry Management — raised $386,000 at
its fifth annual auction, held in conjunction
with the World of Concrete on Feb. 4.
According to Wally Johnson of US
Concrete Products, the 2010 CIM Auction
chairman, this year’s auction totals are nearly $100,000 more than the 2009 event.
“The attendance at the auction was greater
than in years past and we are thrilled about
how everyone stepped up to bid on the great
auction items and support the CIM program,
especially given this difficult economy.”
The money raised will benefit the
National Steering Committee and support
the current CIM program as well as help
fund future program expansion.

WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama
administration’s planned loan guarantee to
build the first nuclear power plant in the
United States in almost three decades is part
of a broad shift in energy strategy to lessen
dependence on foreign oil and reduce the use
of other fossil fuels blamed for global warming.
President Barack Obama called for “a
new generation of safe, clean nuclear power
plants” in his Jan. 27 State of the Union
speech and followed that by proposing to
triple loan guarantees for new nuclear plants.
He wants to use nuclear power and other
alternative sources of energy in his effort to
shift energy policy.
The two new Southern Co. reactors to be
built in the state of Georgia, are part of a
White House energy plan that administration
officials hope will draw Republican support.
Loan guarantees for other sites are expected to be announced in the coming months,
the official said, who would speak only on
condition of anonymity ahead of Obama’s
announcement. The federal guarantees are
seen as essential for construction of any new

Actual construction of the first reactor is still
years away. The Southern Co. has applied
to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for
a construction and operating license for
the plant.
reactor because of the huge expense
involved. Critics call the guarantees a form
of subsidy and say taxpayers will assume a
huge risk, given the industry’s record of cost
overruns and loan defaults.
“The last thing Americans want is another
government bailout for a failing industry, but
that’s exactly what they’re getting from the
Obama administration,” said Ben Schreiber,
an analyst of the environmental group
Friends of the Earth. “This is great news for
Wall Street but a bad deal for Main Street.”
Actual construction of the first reactor is
still years away. The Southern Co. has
applied to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission for a construction and operating license for the plant, one of 13 such
applications the agency is considering. NRC

Kenneth

spokesman Eliott Brenner said the earliest
any of those could be approved would be
late 2011 or early 2012.
The Southern Co. has begun site preparation in Burke but cannot begin construction
without NRC approval.
Obama’s budget for the coming year
would add $36 billion in new federal loan
guarantees on top of $18.5 billion already
budgeted — but not spent — for a total of
$54.5 billion. That’s enough to help build six
or seven new nuclear plants, which can cost
$8 billion to $10 billion each.
The proposed new reactors would generate power for some 1.4 million people and
employ about 850 people, the official said,
adding that the Georgia project would create
about 3,000 construction jobs.

Spiraling costs, safety concerns and opposition from environmentalists have kept utilities from building any new nuclear power
plants in the United States since the early
1980s. The 104 nuclear reactors now in
operation in 31 states provide about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. But they are
responsible for 70 percent of the power from
pollution-free sources, including wind, solar
and hydroelectric dams that Obama has
championed as a way to save the environment and economy at the same time.
Environmentalists and fiscal hawks
oppose new nuclear plants and note that they
come at the same time Obama has proposed
eliminating a long-planned nuclear waste
dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Obama
has appointed a commission to find a safe
solution for dealing with nuclear waste, but
in the meantime the government has no
long-term plan to store commercial radioactive waste.
Republicans like South Carolina Sen.
Lindsey Graham welcome the shift, but
some pro-nuclear Republicans remain nervous about the heart of the Obama-backed climate bill — a plan to limit heat-trapping pollution, which would raise energy costs.

and minus 1.8 percent; and plumbing contractors, 1.0 percent and 0.5 percent.
Prices of many items used in construction continue to run
far ahead of year-ago levels. The national average retail price
of on-highway diesel fuel rose to $2.83, up 7.6 cents (2.8
percent) from a week ago and 70 cents (33 percent) from a
year ago, the Energy Information Administration reported on
Feb. 22. The Comex spot price for copper closed Feb. 22 at
$3.31 per pound, up $1.87 (130 percent) from a year ago.
The spot price for aluminum on the London Metals
Exchange closed at $2,116 per metric ton, up $855 (68 percent) from a year ago. The New Mexico Department of
Transportation (DOT) reported on Feb. 10 that its (liquid)
asphalt rack-price index for March is $632, up $39 (6.6 percent) from February and up $74 (13 percent) from March
2009. Similarly, the Illinois DOT reported on Feb. 5 that its
bituminous price index rose for the fourth straight month in
February, to $507, up $46 (10 percent) from January and $38
(8.2 percent) from February 2009.
The consumer price index (CPI) for all urban consumers
rose 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment (0.2 percent,
seasonally adjusted) in January and 2.6 percent over 12
months, BLS reported on Feb. 19. The CPI for urban wage
earners and clerical workers (CPI-W), used to adjust many
wage contracts in construction and elsewhere, rose 3.3 percent over 12 months.
“The value of new construction starts slipped 1 percent in
January [at] a seasonally adjusted annual rate due to a pullback for non-building construction [public works and elec-

tric utilities], after this sector’s elevated performance in
December,” McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) reported on
Feb. 19, based on data it collected. “Meanwhile, residential
building in January held steady, and nonresidential building
was able to register growth as the result of gains for a few
structure types. ‘While down slightly from the previous
month, January’s activity is consistent with the sense that
construction starts have at least stabilized at a low level,’ stated Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for
[MHC]. ‘Relative to the extended decline that took place
from 2006 through early 2009, that’s good news. The cautionary note is that it’s still too early to say that renewed
expansion for overall construction activity has taken hold.
On the plus side, the public works sector is seeing strength
for transportation-related projects, supported by the federal
stimulus funding. Single-family housing reached bottom in
early 2009 and has since shown modest improvement. Nonresidential building has seen a pickup for such publicly-funded structure types as transportation terminals and courthouses. However, the commercial categories remain extremely
depressed, and given tight bank lending and weak employment are likely to stay that way throughout 2010.’”
Industrial production (IP) in manufacturing climbed 1.0
percent in January, following a dip of 0.1 percent in December, the Federal Reserve reported on Feb. 17. IP of construction supplies also rose 1.0 percent, following a 1.7 percent
drop. Capacity utilization in manufacturing, which along
with IP can suggest possible future demand for factory construction, rose to 69.2 percent of capacity from 68.6 percent

Preceding January’s AED Conference in San Antonio,
Texas, Terex Cranes held its third annual dealer conference
to discuss the future, and award exemplary distributors for
outstanding work in 2009.
With the entire Terex Crane dealer network in attendance,
Empire Crane’s continued commitment to the Terex product
once again earned it a top award for crane sales, as well as
special recognition for outstanding parts support, an award
new to 2010. There to present the awards were Roger Jones
of Terex Parts and Service, President of Terex Cranes Rick
Nichols, Vice President Marco Gentilini, and the Eastern
Regional Business Manager Sam Meroney.
“When we received the sales award for ’08, we knew that
if we were up here for 2009, we will have really earned it,”
said Vice President of Empire Crane Luke Lonergan.
“Based on 2010 optimism we have high expectations for
the year ahead, and the commitment Terex Corporate has
made to the crane division will make our goals very attainable,” said Lonergan.
Roger Jones, director of product support and customer
satisfaction, had a new award to bestow this year for
Outstanding Parts Support, which Empire Crane also accepted. The decision to grant this acknowledgment was based on
the commitment Empire Crane has made to be a full-line
Terex OEM past and present model distributor for the last 30
years. It prides itself on having in excess of one million dollars of Terex spares on its shelves at all times, and has
increased business year after year for the past five years.
Three additional members of the parts team have been hired
to support the parts sector of Empire Crane and to be sure
that friendly, efficient service remains its number one compliment.
According to Roger Jones of Terex, Bob Nardone, Deb
Demarco, Gary Shavalier, Jonelle Burrows, Laura Jones,
Lorraine Smith, and Patty Nicholson of Empire Crane’s
parts division have already earned numerous positive feedback comments from Terex customers and look forward to
servicing all Terex Cranes in the years to come.
For more information, visit www.empirecrane.com.

ARE YOUR CREWS TRAINED ACCORDING
TO OSHA STANDARDS TO WORK
SAFELY IN THE TRENCHES?

Many of Key’s top suppliers were on
hand to demonstrate new products and
meet directly with Key’s varied customer
base. Gary Haferbier, district manager of
MultiQuip, took time to educate concrete
and demolition contractors on the money
making opportunities using MultiQuip’s
skid steer-mounted concrete crusher, and
the safety aspects of the Glow Bug portable
lighting system. Representatives from
Genie, Meyer, Tamko and DeWalt tools
assisted with demonstrations while enjoying the new facility.
Al Funk, senior advisor and Brian Funk’s
father, relished the opportunity to meet with
old friends and forge new friendships.
“We wanted to thank our loyal customers
and vendors for helping us grow through
difficult times,” Al Funk said. “It’s great to
see so many old friends and new
faces. Brian [Funk] had to take
me out of moth balls, but I’m having a great time helping him grow
the rental business.”
Guests were treated to a lunch
consisting of barbecue pork, roast
beef and a host of side dishes. Jim
Baxter of Baxter landscaping
joked, “What, no hot dogs! This
is beautiful!”
Key Equipment, located at
1799 Horseshoe Pike in West
Brandywine Township, Pa., is a
full-service equipment center,
providing rentals, sales and service of contractor, industrial and
municipal equipment throughout
Eastern Pennsylvania.
For more information, call
Al Funk (R) speaks with a guest from Baxter
610/942-0482,
or
visit
Landscaping, Chester Springs, Pa., about the comwww.keyequipmentinc.com.
pany’s upcoming excavator needs.

ey Equipment Sales & Rentals Inc.
celebrated the opening of its new
location Feb. 19 with more than 100
of its top customers and suppliers.
Key Equipment was formed in June 2008
when Brian Funk purchased 82 Rents. Since
then, Key has been expanding its equipment
lines and moved to its larger facility in West
Brandywine Township, Pa., in April 2009.
“It’s really great to see so many of our
customers and friends. We wanted to thank
these guys for supporting our business and
our new location,” said Brian Funk, president of Key Equipment Sales & Rentals.
“When it’s tough like this it’s easy to forget
how many great people are involved in the
trades. It is really gratifying to have so many
folks drop in and help us celebrate the new
facility. We are excited about 2010.”

Jay Irwin (C) of Ups and Downs Services and Scott
Risbon (R) of EarthCare Landscaping, both of Honey
Brook, Pa., take in the new facility.

Key Equipment’s new facility is located at 1799 Horseshoe Pike (Route 322) in West
Brandywine Township, Pa.

Brian Funk (L) poses for a photo with the crew from Bakery Feeds of Honey
Brook, Pa.

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CHICAGO (AP) The $8 billion
in stimulus cash awarded to 13
high-speed rail corridors across
the United States may seem like a
windfall for advocates, but there’s
a catch: The money isn’t enough
to finish any of the major projects.
State coffers are dry and federal spending is being cut back, so
it’s unclear who, if anyone, will
pay the rest of the multi-billion
dollar bill.
Many states have been vague
about how they would pay their
part of the bill. But experts say
most are counting on the federal
government to cover at least half

of their costs over the next few
decades — a hope that may clash
with President Barack Obama’s
recent pledge to curb spending.
Optimists point to the 2011 federal budget Obama proposed that
seeks $1 billion more for highspeed trains on top of the $8 billion he already announced in
stimulus money. There’s another
$2.5 billion tucked away in the
2010 federal appropriations bill
that has been approved but not yet
allocated. A proposed $500 billion, six-year federal transportation reauthorization bill includes
$50 billion for high-speed rail.
But that generous sum was
included before Obama began
talking about cutting spending,

and it seems unlikely to win
approval in its current form.
Even if it came through, that
money hardly covers the proposed price tag of the 13 highspeed rail corridors, which are
estimated to cost at least $60 billion and possibly more than $100
billion over the next decade or
two. Those cost estimates also
don’t include the hundreds of million of dollars it could cost each
year to operate the networks —
costs that states typically pick up.
It also might be hard for states that
are grappling with huge budget
shortfalls to justify spending more
on high-speed rail while education and health care are on the
chopping blocks, Pattison said.

Illinois, Florida, California
have by far the most to win if the
money does keep flowing — and
the most to lose if it doesn’t.
Those three states were given the
bulk of the federal stimulus
money.
Chicago would become the hub
of an eight-state network, which,
in all, won a third of the $8 billion
in stimulus money.
Florida is getting $1.25 billion
for a new high-speed track that
would run from Tampa to
Orlando, then later from Orlando
to Miami.
A planned California network
is by far the most ambitious. It
received the second largest slice
of the stimulus pie, $2.3 billion, to

begin work on an 800-mi. (1,300
km)-long, high-speed rail line
tying Sacramento and the San
Francisco Bay area to Los
Angeles and San Diego. The
problem is that both California,
Illinois and Florida face yawning
budget deficits. So anything short
of a sustained federal commitment over decades could stick
them with construction and then
operating bills they can’t pay.
Even without a solid plan to
fund the rail projects, high-speed
train advocates haven’t stopped
from thinking big. Some envision
creating a true high-speed rail system like the ones in Asia and
Europe that could cost $1 trillion.

ASSE Launches Prevention Through Design Initiative
Addressing the fact that workplace incidents can be prevented
through design, such as during the
designing and construction of a
new manufacturing plant, the
American Society of Safety
Engineers’ (ASSE) recently
launched the Z790 Standards
Initiative to develop the
“Prevention Through Design
(PTD): Guidelines for Addressing
Occupational Risks in Design and
Redesign Processes” standard.
“This is a major move for
ASSE as our members have been
discussing and acting on this issue
for many years and it will be the
first ASSE stand-alone standard
the society will publish,” ASSE
Vice President-Council on
Practices and Standards George

Pearson said following the
approval of the ASSE board of
directors to move forward.
“This is a key issue for the
SH&E profession. Our members
have produced key papers on this
topic, held symposiums, participated in meetings with government agencies, developed the
ASSE Prevention Through
Design: an ASSE Technical
Report, TR-Z790.001-2009, and
will be host to a webinar on this
topic in February.
Basically, PTD or safety
through design is defined as the
integration of hazard analysis and
risk assessment methods early in
the design and engineering stages
and taking the actions necessary
so that risks of injury or damage

are prevented. ASSE members
note that recent studies indicate
that approximately 40 percent of
work-related fatalities are design
related. PTD is described as an
approach that can eliminate or
reduce work-related hazards by
designing them out of the project.
The new PTD ASSE standard
will assist SH&E professionals
and others to increase their knowledge on the occupational safety,
health and environmental issues
in the design/redesign process and
address how to prevent or minimize work-related hazards associated with facilities, materials, and
equipment during: construction,
manufacture, use, maintenance
and disposal/demolition.
ASSE’s PTD technical report,

available now, provides guidance
on PTD concepts and processes as
a specifically identified element in
a safety and health management
system so that decisions pertaining to occupational risks are
incorporated into the design and
redesign processes, including
consideration of the life cycle of
facilities, materials, and equipment, according to ASSE.
“PTD is a major issue. Our
ASSE Standards Development
Committee, made up of standards
and SH&E experts from around
the world, recommended that a
motion go before the ASSE board
to develop the Z790 initiative,”
Pearson added. “We believe this
will have a positive impact on preventing work injuries and illness-

es.”
ASSE is currently reviewing
the draft Z790 document and setting up stakeholder meetings for
those wishing to comment on the
draft. Following this, ASSE will
process the standard through the
American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) canvass process.
Also, on Feb. 17, ASSE will be
host to a webinar titled
“Prevention Through Design —
Guidelines for Addressing
Occupational Risks in Design and
Redesign Processes” which will
discuss ASSE’s PTD technical
report, share insights on how PTD
is being implemented in a variety
of industries and discuss international standards activities.

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Low-effort, short-throw pilot levers, balanced engine performance and hydraulic
flow, best-in-class metering, and smooth multifunction operation make good
operators great, and great ones unbelievable.
These utility-sized Dash-3s also deliver increased swing torque, faster arm roll-in,
and faster boom lower/arm movement for faster cycle times. Bonus.
Tired of jerky, wandering controls that have a mind of their own? Make a smooth
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Kenworth T800 Liquefied Natural Gas Trucks Now Available
Kenworth T800 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
trucks are now available for factory order and production.
The Kenworth T800 LNG truck offers performance and efficiency for heavy duty port, freight and
vocational applications. The vehicle is equipped
with the Westport Innovations LNG fuel system
and Westport GX 15-L engine, which provides up
to 450 hp (335 kW) and 1,650 lb.-ft. of torque and
meets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
California Air Resources Board emissions certification standards.
The Westport GX engine is based on the
Cummins ISX 15-L engine.
“Customers who purchase Kenworth T800
LNG trucks make a strong commitment towards a
better environment, and also can benefit from fuel
cost savings, tax credits, state air quality grants and
lower regulatory fees,” said Andy Douglas,
Kenworth national sales manager for specialty
markets.
A typical Class 8 truck using the cleaner burning
LNG fuel may reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and

greenhouse gas emissions by up to an estimated 33
percent and 20 percent, respectively, compared to
a diesel-fueled truck. LNG fuel also may cost from
50 cents to $1 per gallon less than the equivalent
diesel fuel.
The T800 LNG truck, which offers an operating
range of at least 300 to 500 mi. (483 to 804 km), has
a large dash-mounted display to monitor the LNG
fuel level. LNG fuel tanks can be configured to suit
a range of customer requirements. The vehicle is
available with a day cab, Kenworth Extended Day
Cab or 38-in. (96.5 cm) Kenworth AeroCab sleeper.
Kenworth T800 LNG trucks may qualify for up
to $28,800 in IRS tax credits. Under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, these trucks also
may qualify for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
grant money for those truck operators who purchase new T800 LNG vehicles, then permanently
remove an equal number of aged existing dieselfueled trucks from the marketplace in exchange.
The trucks also may be eligible for state or provincial emissions credits.

The Kenworth T800 LNG truck is equipped with the Westport
Innovations LNG fuel system and Westport GX 15-L engine, which provides up to 450 hp (335 kW) and 1,650 lb.-ft. of torque.

Felling Trailers Raises the Bar With Its Perimeter Frame
Felling Trailers has released a perimeter
frame design trailer equipped with an 8 ft. 6
in. (2.6 m) hydraulic tail and a 4 ft. (1.2 m)
fold under approach plate. The perimeter
frame design is typically used by equipment
dealerships and rental companies for the
deliveries of equipment. This trailer design
allows multiple units of equipment to be

loaded at one time or one larger unit,
depending on the customer’s needs.
Felling’s design allows for loading of hard
to load low clearance machines with a sixdegree slope option at the end of the
main deck. The frame design allows
the trailer to be lightweight and is a
practical design to accommodate a

PACCAR Parts has unveiled an
enhanced fleet-service program that provides guaranteed, national pricing, customized reporting and centralized billing
for fleet customers through Kenworth
PremierCare and Peterbilt TruckCare
services.
Created in cooperation with Multi
Service Corporation of Overland Park,
Kan., PACCAR Parts Fleet Services has
rolled out through all participating dealers across the United States and Canada.
“Currently, fleet customers receive
several statements from different dealers
or dealership groups,” said Mike Kuester,
general sales manager of PACCAR
Parts. “Then someone from their organization must reconcile those statements
with several or more invoices, which can
be tedious and time-consuming.”
“We’re excited to offer this convenient
service,” Kuester said. “Now, fleet customers will be able to set up single
accounts in which they can centralize
their purchasing for parts and service.”
Customers with trucks operating
regionally or nationwide from a variety
of locations can choose to receive one
statement detailing invoices from all of
their servicing PACCAR Parts dealers.

Customers also may elect to receive
regional statements or statements sent to
their individual terminal locations.
“We’ve talked with many fleet customers and they are excited about this
new system,” Kuester said. “They’re particularly impressed that we’re teaming up
with Multi Service Corporation, which
provides transaction services for many
fleets.”
Fleets are encouraged to speak with
their preferred Kenworth or Peterbilt
dealership for more information on how
to enroll.
An enhancement for customers to gain
greater control over truck parts ordering
and servicing, PACCAR Parts Fleet
Services features a web portal. The portal
allows customers to track orders and
reports.
“With Web reporting, dealers and customers can view invoice details of parts
and service activity at the local or national level after each transaction,” he added.
Customers can customize their
accounts to provide information specifically tailored to meet their operational
needs. In addition, customers will be able
to establish uniform specifications for
purchase orders and authorizations.

Testing Validates Automated Parker Chelsea’s 890 Series
Transmissions Fuel Savings Offers Maximum Clearance
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton
Corporation said that the results of an independent
study confirmed that automated manual transmissions (AMTs) achieve substantial fuel consumption advantages over conventional automatic
transmissions. The simulation, which revealed fuel
economy improvements of up to 22 percent as
compared to a conventional automatic transmission, was conducted by Roush Industries Inc., for
the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research,
Development and Engineering Center/National
Automotive Center (TARDEC/NAC).
“We are extremely pleased with the results of
this study as it once again confirms the fuel-saving
benefits that are inherent in our growing lineup of
automated transmissions,” said Staci Kroon, senior vice president and general manger, commercial
vehicles of Eaton’s Truck North America Division.
“In addition, it is always a positive when you can
help reduce our industry’s carbon footprint. Our
family of UltraShift transmissions is one way of
reducing our industry’s carbon footprint and it is
consistent with Eaton’s sustainability mission.
This is definitely a win-win situation for both our
customers and the environment.”
According to Jeff Spitzner, military account
manager of Eaton’s Vehicle Group, Eaton provid-

ed Roush with the gear ratios and estimated efficiencies for a series of newly designed UltraShift
PLUS heavy-duty automated transmissions for
vocational and severe service use. These transmissions will be released for limited production in the
fall of this year.
Spitzner added, “In order to eliminate uncontrollable outside variables and provide repeatable
results quickly, the test was conducted using analytical simulation software that factored in optimized final drive ratios. That was able to provide
a realistic comparison, and to take advantage of the
wider operating ranges that are available on Eaton
AMTs.
“The test went on to conclude that the fuel economy gains may be attributed to the greater efficiency of AMTs. In addition, the increased number
of gears that are available, complemented with an
optimized shift schedule, will keep the engine running in its most efficient range.”
These results were revealed at the National
Defense Industrial Association Michigan’s
Chapter’s first Ground Vehicle Systems
Engineering and Technology Symposium, being
held at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, Mich.
For more information, call 800/826-HELP or
visit www.roadranger.com.

The Chelsea Division of Parker new 890 Series was designed to make PTO
and pump installation simpler and more reliable on refuse truck, fire apparatus
and pumper cleaner trucks.
Because of the large physical size of the pumps used on these applications,
clearance has always been a challenge. Combine this with the torsional vibrations from today’s diesel engines that prematurely wear out
mating PTO and pump splines, and it makes for an
exceptionally challenging application, according to
Parker Chelsea.
Parker Chelsea’s new 890 series,
designed with such challenges in
mind, offers maximum
clearance and
a
wetspline
system to
lubricate
the mating PTO
and pump
shafts in order to
prevent against premature system wear
and failure.
For more information,
visit www.parker.com.

The American headquarters
with a new parts and training facility announced by Sennebogen
LLC in October 2008 has now
opened its doors in Stanley, N.C.,
and committed to serving the
North American marketplace from
this central location.
According to Constantino
Lannes, the president of
Sennebogen LLC, the opening of
the new facility is just the first step
in its development as one of North
America’s premier support centers
for heavy equipment. The center is
designed to accommodate a significant increase in employees as the
business achieves expected
growth targets. Its head office,
parts and training facility is part of
the company’s plan for continued
growth as it expands sales into
new sectors.
“This positive strategy has
allowed us to grow,” Lannes said.
“We are committed to keeping the
investment in our staff. They are
part of the Sennebogen family.
“We are very proud of how this
facility has been conceived and
constructed,” Lannes continued.
“Every feature is based on the specific activities. We are always
explaining to customers how
Sennebogen equipment is ‘purpose-built’ for its application. This
project was developed with the
same kind of thinking.”
The site is close to Charlotte
Douglas International Airport and
is well-served for air travel and
truck transportation. The facility
itself comprises two main areas:
one to warehouse replacement
parts for distribution to equipment
dealers, and one for training dealers’ and customers’ staff on the
operation and maintenance of the
equipment.

(L-R): Joe Pustizzi Jr., president and CEO of Trico Equipment
Services; Andrew Pustizzi, vice president of operations; Andrew
Volponi, vice president of strategic accounts and; Steven
Scattolini, vice president and general manager are enthusiastically expanding Trico’s product offering in the New Jersey market with the addition of KPI-JCI crushers and Astec mobile
screens.

Sennebogen’s American headquarters is located in Stanley, N.C.

Complete Parts Inventory
Entering through the main door
to the facility, visitors arrive to an
open reception area. Thousands of
different hydraulic and mechanical
components are in stock to service
various machine models. The
warehouse also maintains an
extensive inventory of major
machine components and assemblies, weighing from ounces to literally thousands of pounds.
“We keep everything on hand
that a technician might need to
keep one of our machines up and
running and with 24/7 parts and
service availability, Sennebogen is
maintaining its pledge to maximize their customers’ up time,”
Lannes said. “Our distributors do a
tremendous job of keeping their
own local supplies of service and
repair parts, so we’re always ready
to replenish their stocks, without
waiting for orders to come from
overseas. Almost any customer
request is on its way the same day
the order arrives here.”

Lannes noted that the warehouse even keeps a large inventory of engines in stock.
“Replacement units for heavy
equipment normally come directly
from the original engine manufacturers or their dealers,” Lannes
explained. “But we make sure we
have the exact engines available to
fit into our units in the field easily.
That can offer a great time-saving
for service technicians. In one case
recently, we had one of our distributors who was told he would have
to wait up to eight weeks to get an
engine from its manufacturer, but
we had it in stock and shipped out
to him the same day.”
Hands-On Equipment
Training
The rear area of the facility is a
wholly self-contained training
center, complete with a separate
entrance and its own kitchen.
Meeting rooms and classrooms
see SENNEBOGEN page 76

N.J.’s Trico Equipment
Services Expands Its
Product Offerings
Trico Equipment Services is
the newest member of KPI-JCI
and Astec Mobile Screens’s
United States dealer network.
The company, headquartered in
Vineland, N.J., brings nearly 60
years experience to the table as it
begins marketing the track
mounted product lines in New
Jersey.
With a broad background in
heavy construction and similar
quarry experience the KPI-JCI
and Astec Mobile Screens products will be the first venture for
Trico Equipment Services into
the crushing and screening markets. With a down construction
economy it was necessary for
Trico to diversify its product
offering.
Trico Vice President Andrew
Volponi stated, “When we decided to add a product line to our

offering we were already selling
an Astec product and familiar
with the Astec name. KPI-JCI
and Astec Mobile Screens were
an immediate connection for us.”
“We’re very pleased to have
Trico in our network. With their
extensive background in the
industry and experience in managing large rental fleets, we feel
that our track mounted product
lines are a perfect fit”, Vice
President of Sales and Marketing
of KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile
Screens Mike Johnson commented.
Trico Equipment Services will
begin immediately servicing the
state of New Jersey for all track
mounted crushing and screening
product needs.
For more information visit
www.tricoequipment.net
or
www.kpijci.com.

Flip Screen to Bring New E50 Model to U.S. Market in May
Inventor Sam Turnbull had a
demolition and excavation business in Sydney, Australia, in the
1980s and 1990s. A regular, but
expensive and time-consuming
process then was to have an excavator put sand through a huge
screening plant.
Before Flip Screen came along,
companies that needed to segregate materials from excavation or
construction sites would get their
excavator or loader buckets and
bore holes straight through them
using acetylene torches. The perforated buckets were then used to
pick up loads. The usual and
immediate problem was that it
would leak material straight away
as the carrier was moved to the
screening site. To then shake the
machine backward and forward
was detrimental to the carrier
machines as damage to everything
is severe from destroying pins and
booms to risking injury to operators.
Seeing firsthand the damage
suffered by carriers screening
materials, Turnbull recalled stand-

The Flip Screen is a bucket with a mesh screening chamber on top.
Material is sieved out through the mesh as the Flip Screen rotates
360 degrees, while the larger particles are retained inside by the
unit’s inward spiraling action, without the use of a closing door.

ing in front of a bucket and feeling
frustrated.
Turning frustration into focus,
Turnbull employed persistence and
perseverance, toiling on the Flip
Screen concept for 16 years. The
first few prototypes were built
using makeshift materials such as a
44-gal. drum, a couple of truck

rims and some bits of scrap steel.
To see how materials were churned
around in the drums, Turnbull put
video cameras inside them to actually see them work.
The result of his passion? Flip
Screen: the portable mechanical
screening attachment that has
made big waves in Australia and is

now being used and marketed to
more than 19 countries including
the United States.
The Flip Screen is a bucket with
a mesh screening chamber on top.
Material is sieved out through the
mesh as the Flip Screen rotates 360
degrees, while the larger particles
are retained inside by the unit’s
inward spiraling action, without
the use of a closing door. Counter
rotating the bucket ejects all the
remaining oversized bits. The
whole process is achieved without
any vibration or shaking of the
machines. The super hi-tensile
meshes range in opening size from
.375 to 6 in. (.95 to 15 cm) and are
easily changed in less than 5 minutes by one person with no tools
required, allowing it to screen
many different materials to many
different sizes, according to the
manufacturer.
Flip Screen was one of
Australia’s fastest start-up companies in 2009, according to the
Business
Weekly
Review
Magazine. In less than seven years
of its launch in the international

market, Flip Screen has won
numerous prestigious awards
The company will officially
launch the new E50 into the U.S.
market during ISRI’s Success
Expo from May 4 to 8, 2010.
This model suits 11 to 17 ton (10
to 15 t) excavators. Screen sizes
are changed within a few short
minutes using one operator and
up to 96 tons (87 t) per hour are
processed using this small Flip
Screen model. The E50 Flip
Screen showcases diverse applications with the recovery of
valuable scrap metals from
stockpiles contaminated by dirt
as one of its most profitable
uses, according to the manufacturer.
Another recent development
is the company’s work on the
new WL3000 flip screen. This
unit will weigh approximately
99,000 lbs. (44,905 kg) and will
be ideally suited to 451,000 lbs.
(204,570 kg).
For more information, call
187-SCREEN-50 or visit
www.flipscreen.net.

Vermeer Compost Turner Does More With Less Space
Vermeer Corporation has introduced a
self-propelled compost turner with elevating-face technology. The CT1010TX compost turner can be used on compost sites
with either continuous-stack or windrow
configurations and provides minimal
unwanted degradation to the organic material.
The CT1010TX helps compost sites
make the best use of their space. By utilizing
the optional conveyor, compost sites can create a continuous stack configuration, eliminating the need for open space between the
windrows. This allows for three to four times
more material to be placed in the same space
as conventional windrow composting,
according to the manufacturer.
“Space is a premium in composting sites,”
said Chris Nichols, environmental sales
manager of Vermeer Corporation. “The
CT1010TX allows compost sites to stack
more material in less space. But the unit also
works well in windrow configurations.”
Powered by a 215 hp (160 kW) Cummins
QSB 6.7 L engine, the CT1010TX can
process up to 2,500 to 4,000 cu. yds. (1,911
to 3,058 cu m) of compost per hour, depending on the type of material and moisture content. The CT1010TX turns a stack 10 ft. (3
m) wide and 9 ft. (2.7 m) high.

The unit is propelled by a dual steel
track system, which helps increase traction
over wheeled units and produces less
ground pressure when working in nonpaved compost sites. Amaximum speed of
0 to 3.2 mph (0 to 5.1 kmh) in the high
range helps with transport and cycle times,
while the 0 to 6.5 fpm (0 to 2.0 mpm) in
low range provides enhanced control in
wet and heavy material.
SmartTrack, an advanced control system, monitors elevating-face pressure and
will slow or stop the ground drive when
the elevating-face pressure reaches a pre- Vermeer’s CT1010TX self-propelled compost
determined level. This feature has the turner with elevating-face technology can be
potential to increase machine and job site used on compost sites with either continuproductivity by reducing operator inter- ous-stack or windrow configurations.
face.
“Our elevating-face technology features a tact with contaminants, such as rocks and
combination of paddles and teeth that lift and metals. The grade 8 bolt will retain the tooth
tumble the compost material up the face of to the machine, so it is not lost in the pile,
the compost turner and discharge the materi- reducing repair costs and service time.
An optional 48-in. (122 cm) wide V-cleat
al at the rear of the machine,” said Nichols.
“This innovative process does not degrade discharge conveyor moves the compost
the compost material and introduces more away from the machine and allows customers to create a continuous stack of comoxygen into the compost pile.”
The elevating face features hardened cup- post. The 24-ft. (7.3 m) conveyor extends
style teeth held in place using grade 5 and approximately 8 ft. (2.6 m) beyond the left
grade 8 bolts. The grade 5 bolt acts as a shear side of the machine and can be adjusted
point for the tooth should teeth come in con- between 10.5 and 13.5 ft. (3 and 4 m) dis-

charge height for loading material into a
transport vehicle.
The CT1010TX cab includes a variety
of features designed for operator convenience and comfort, including a fully
adjustable seat, cab pressurization with
self-adjusting climate controls, 12 volt
accessory plug-ins, AM/FM/CD sound
system and large windows with front and
side wiper/washer systems. An active-carbon cab air filtration system aids in removing odors and fumes, as well as dust and
dirt particles.
The elevating face, optional conveyor
and ground drive functions are all controlled with comfortable ergonomic dual
joystick controls, minimizing operator
movements and reducing fatigue. A single
switch staggers the start and stop functions
of the conveyor and elevating face. This feature helps prevent operator error that could
result in potential plugging of the conveyor,
according to the manufacturer.
Separate reversible hydrostatic pumps
control the dual tracks, elevating face and
optional conveyor providing the operator
complete and independent control of the primary machine functions.
For
more
information,
visit
www.vermeer.com.

The MB 750, Atlas
vibrations that could be
Copco’s recent addition to
detrimental to both the carits line of medium-duty
rier and the operator.
hydraulic breakers, brings
A new feature on the MB
power, dependability and
750 is the double retainer
flexibility to the job site.
bar system, which maxiWith high efficiency and
mizes the service of the tool
output-to-weight ratio, the
and retainer system. Extra
MB 750 also features a new
long retainer bars provide a
double retainer bar system
maximum contact surface
and DustProtector II to
to the tool and the lower
maximize the service life of
hammer, and they can be
the tool.
used on both sides for
Powered by a combinaextended service life.
tion of oil and gas, the MB
Double retainer bars offer
750 recovers energy by
higher wear resistance than
maximizing the recoil
a retainer pin and are a relieffect. This boosts the outable and proven locking
put power of the breaker
system for the locking pins,
without increasing the
according to the manufachydraulic input power of the
turer.
carrier, which results in less
The MB 750 also is availfuel consumption during
able with the DustProtector
Powered by a combina- II, a two-stage sealing sysoperation.
The MB 750 also tion of oil and gas, the MB tem with coarse and fine
achieves greater perform- 750 recovers energy by strippers that prevents the
the recoil penetration of abrasive dust
ance and productivity with- maximizing
effect.
out adding weight to the
into the lower section of the
carrier or requiring the use
breaker. DustProtector II
of a larger carrier to handle the load. In also keeps the lubricant around the wear
addition, the MB 750’s general versatility bushing for a longer period of time, lowerand compatibility with a broad spectrum of ing grease consumption. The system
excavators means more options on the job reduces wear on the bushings and the hamsite, according to the manufacturer.
mer and protects against damage.
Atlas Copco breakers are among the quiThe MB 750 is ideal for secondary
etest on the market, and the MB 750 is no breaking, demolition, excavation and
exception at 118 dB (A). Atlas Copco’s trenching, tunneling, and special applicaVibroSilenced system isolates the percus- tions such as underwater — or any job that
sion mechanism acoustically from the calls for a hydraulic breaker.
external guide system. Moreover, the
For
more
information,
visit
VibroSilenced system prevents damaging www.atlascopco.us.

All manufacturer names, numbers, symbols and descriptions are used for reference purposes only.
All parts are manufactured by, for and warranted by EXCEL FOUNDRY and MACHINE, INC.
and are not manufactured by, purchased from or warranted by the original equipment manufacturer.

Three Cat B-Series mobile shears
— S320B, S325B and S340B —
round out the six-model lineup of
Caterpillar designed shears. The shears
feature a redesigned lower jaw, wider
jaw opening, new knife-retention system, new jaw-adjustment system,
greater hydraulic power and boom or
stick mounting options. The overall
design assures optimum productivity,
reliability and serviceability in the
toughest metal reduction applications.
The Cat B-Series models, featuring
a 360-degree hydraulic-rotation system, match the capabilities of a broad
range of Caterpillar hydraulic excavators used in scrap-metal processing
and in demolition operations that
require reduction of large structural
elements.
Among the features of the new
shears is the straight lower jaw, which
flattens beams, pipes and columns and
distributes the material evenly along its
entire length. Most shears use a lower
jaw with knives that angle downward
to the midpoint of the jaw, forming a
triangular-shaped opening (apex).
Conventional shears, with an apex in
both the upper and lower jaws, tend to
concentrate the mass of material in the
center of the jaw, thus increasing cutting difficulty. The new straight lower

jaw used with Cat B-Series shears prevents material concentration, and in
doing so, effectively enhances cutting
force, according to the manufacturer.
Increased hydraulic power in the
new Cat B-Series models allows a
wider jaw opening to handle a greater
volume of material, such as large
structural steel pieces, large diameter
pipe and bundles of pipe. In addition,
the larger opening provides improved
visibility for the operator when working at a distance and aligning the jaws
around material.
High-strength retaining bolts thread
directly into the knife sections of both
the upper and lower jaws. Bushings
around the bolts help prevent loosening, and a slotted shim plate, which
slips over the bushings, simplifies
knife changes. The four main knives,
plus the side and front knives, are fully
reversible and provide four long-lasting cutting edges. The weld-on piercing tip at the end of the upper jaw is
made of hardened steel. The tip can be
repeatedly hardfaced (or easily
replaced) to maintain upper jaw effectiveness.
The Cat B-Series shears also feature
a newly designed adjustable hub to
maintain an optimum cutting position
between the upper and lower jaws as

the knives wear. The new hub uses
thicker (5 mm) shims for easier adjustment and has a new bolt-retention system that keeps the assembly tight.
In addition, a new housing protects
the jaw cylinder through its complete
cutting cycle, and a replaceable (bolton) wear plate protects the outside of
the upper jaw. Large access panels
(top, bottom and sides) and a jaw service lock assure fast and safe routine
maintenance.
The new models, as do all Cat BSeries shears, feature an integrated
speed valve that reduces cycle time.
The 360-degree rotation system minimizes machine repositioning, thus
reducing undercarriage wear and causing less surface disruption.
Generally, Cat shears are boommounted (pinned directly to the carrier’s boom tip) for scrap processing and
for operations in which machine reach
is not critical. In applications requiring
significant reach, such as demolition,
the shear normally mounts to the carrier’s stick (digging arm).
Stick-mounting options include pinning directly, or, depending on the
excavator model and specific stick, Among the features of the new shears is the straight
using a dedicated or pin-grabber-type lower jaw, which flattens beams, pipes and columns
and distributes the material evenly along its entire
coupler.
length.

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SENNEBOGEN from page 69

are all equipped with the computer networking and projection technology required for
today’s interactive instruction methods. The
training section occupies two levels, including an upper area that overlooks a large
machine bay. This bay allows Sennebogen
trainers to bring any Sennebogen machine
indoors, up to the 200,000 lb. (90,718 kg)
870 model material handler.
“Efficiency has been built into this facility. With a number of classrooms available,
different classes can run simultaneously,”
said Lannes. “It also allows us to have a
number of distributors in at the same time.”

Workplace Health and Safety
Lannes pointed out that the building was
designed with people as much in mind as
machine parts.
“The health and safety of our staff and
customers is primary at Sennebogen, here at
home or on the job site.”

The building is well ventilated for continuous air exchange and the windows open for
fresh air to enter. Access to the fully fenced
site is through a gated entry, providing an
extra measure of personal security for staff
and visitors who often work late into the
night.
Sennebogen, a family-owned business
founded in 1952 in Straubing, Germany, is a
manufacturer of specialized material handling machines used in scrap, recycling,
ports, logging and forestry and many other
industries.
Sennebogen LLC is the U.S.-based subsidiary of the company, established in 2000
to introduce and support Sennebogen equipment throughout the Americas. Its 54,000 sq.
ft. facility with six bays for shipping and
receiving occupies a secure 32 acre site
located in Lincoln County, about 20 minutes
from the city of Charlotte.
For more information, call 877/309-0099
or visit www.sennebogen-na.com.

Like its predecessor, the Versi Pro 7, the Versi Pro 15
offers modular-design jaw sets to maximize machine
use and efficiency. Jaws are available in two configurations: shear and concrete cracking.

Recycle RAP for profit with a ProSizer!
Fractionating or Sizing RAP material back to its original size will allow higher RAP
usage and replacement of virgin aggregates. RAP fines have up to twice as much AC
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In response to customers who wanted the versatility of the
company’s Versi Pro on a slightly larger machine, Genesis
Attachments has introduced its Versi Pro 15. Designed for
excavators in the 28,000 lb. (12,700 kg) range (third-member mount), the Versi Pro 15 allows contractors to ramp up
the versatility of their mid-sized machines.
Like its predecessor, the Versi Pro 7, which met the needs
of skid steer and mini-excavator operators, the Versi Pro 15
offers modular-design jaw sets to maximize machine use
and efficiency. Jaws are available in two configurations:
shear and concrete cracking, and each can be switched out in
as little as 10 minutes using standard tools. Both jaw sets
benefit from the unit’s standard 360 degree rotation, making
material access and placement fast, easy and accurate,
according to the manufacturer.
“Due to its moderate size and easy mobility, there seems
to be a growing interest in this class of excavator,” said Steve
Letko, Genesis Attachments’ R&D manager. “By coupling
that size machine with the advantages offered by the Versi
Pro 15, contractors in markets such as demolition, lighter
scrap recycling, and so on, can dramatically raise their level
of onsite efficiency.”
The Versi Pro 15’s shear jaw features all bolt-on components, including the same bolt-on piercing tip utilized in
Genesis’ larger XP Shear line. Both the shear jaw and the
concrete cracker jaw offer Genesis’ pivot geometry design,
maximizing the power of each jaw where it’s most needed.
For more information, call 715/395-5252 or visit
www.genesisattachments.com.

If you’re looking for maximum productivity with minimum maintenance, take a look at the
Komatsu BR380JG-1. With a 180HP engine and a production output of 55 to 265 U.S. tons
per hour, it’s ideal for crushing concrete debris or natural stone. And a one-touch setting
adjustment gives you total control over the crushing capacity. For equipment that always
gives 100%, choose machines that are 100% Komatsu.

Exodus Machines Appoints Four to Director Positions
Exodus Machines, the
important asset; that rings
U.S. manufacturer of materiespecially true for us as a
al handlers for the scrap and
new company. So we are
waste markets, has named
starting with what we see as
four members to director
the best people for the job
positions within the compaand, based upon our trust
ny. Named were: Adam
and support of them, we will
Bennis, director of engineerbuild a strong team to help
ing; Erik Finstad, director of
move us forward.”
finance; Marisa Ring, director of human resources; and Adam Bennis is director Erik Finstad is director of Marisa Ring is director of Justin Bacon is director of
Justin Bacon —
Justin Bacon, director of of engineering.
Director of
finance.
human resources.
procurement.
procurement.
Procurement
“Our company is all about
Justin is another veteran
design.
Corporation, and chief financial officer of
people,” said Bruce Bacon, Exodus presi“This is an unbelievably exciting time for Anderson Lubricants Inc., of Superior, Wisc. of Genesis Attachments where he headed up
dent. “Each of these individuals brings a all of us here,” he said. “We are seeing the
the company’s rebuild program. He is
level of expertise to his or her position that first units heading out the door now and Marisa Ring — Director of Human responsible for overseeing material procurewill establish benchmarks within their already we have our sights set on additional
ment, shipping/receiving and inventory conResources & Publications
departments and help guide us as we grow models and various new boom configuraPrior to assuming her position at Exodus, trol.
our business.”
“We view our suppliers as true business
tions to meet our customers’ needs. Now is Ring spent eight years as a technical
the time to make things happen; we’ll have writer/marketing assistant, as well as cus- partners in bringing a world-class machine
Adam Bennis — Director of
time to sit and reflect later.”
tomer service representative at Genesis to market,” he said. “So our goal is to conEngineering
Attachments, also of Superior, Wisc. At tinue developing and improving relationBennis comes to Exodus with a wealth of Erik Finstad — Director of Finance Exodus, she will oversee all activity related ships with our vendors, to achieve top qualiengineering experience, most recently as
As director of finance, Finstad oversees to human resources and technical publica- ty, performance and availability. We also
project engineer for a forestry heavy equip- all of corporate accounting and finance, IT, tions.
want to make certain that we have same-day
ment manufacturer. As director of engineer- legal, insurance, banking relationships and
“It’s been my goal since day one to hire shipping capability for 95 percent of cusing, Bennis will oversee all engineering- interaction with state and federal agencies. the best people possible and empower them tomer parts orders.”
related efforts at Exodus, including structur- Before coming to Exodus, Finstad was a to do their respective jobs well,” she said. “In
For
more
information,
visit
al engineering, hydraulics, electrical and business development consultant to Dover every business, the employees are the most www.ExodusMachinesInc.com.

FAE Adds New Tractor Mounted Forestry Super Duty Heads

FAE has expanded its line of PTO tractor
mounted forestry super duty heads with the
UML/DT 200 — 79 in. (200 cm) cutting width
— and UML/DT 225 — 89 in. (226 cm) cutting
width. The DT line has a double side transmission in order to mulch the most difficult material.
FAE has been producing the PTO line of
mulching attachments for more then 20 years
and offers a large range of attachments.
Attachments range from 50 to 350 hp (37 to 261
kW) tractors with widths from 50 to 99 in. (127
to 251 cm) cutting width. Several fixed tooth
options are available for all models.
Main features are:
• Fixed tooth drum with double carbide teeth
• Capable of mulching up to 20 in. (51 cm)
diameter and 2 in. (5 cm) depth
• Low maintenance costs and high productivity
• 24 month warranty on all attachments
FAE mulching heads can be used in several
applications, including land clearing, ROW,
pipe lines, fuel reduction, seismic lines, site
preparation, curb appeal and vegetation management.
All FAE heads come with a standard 2 year
warranty.
For
more
information,
visit
www.faeusa.com.

Power up your productivity with the impressive fleet of grinders from DuraTech. All DuraTech grinders feature enclosed
engine compartments with self-cleaning rotary screens on the air intake and HPTO microprocessor-controlled clutches.
They are equipped with CAT diesel engines ranging from 325hp to 950hp. DuraTech takes on heavy-duty jobs with the
highest level of efficiency.

Go to www.acecrushers.com for a complete listing and description of our new and used equipment.

TELSMITH model SBS Cone
Crushers are the most efficient and
cost effective cone crushers available today. In models ranging from
the 38SBS (200hp) up to the 68SBS
(600hp) with capacities that can
exceed 900 tons per hour, the SBS
is designed to deliver consistent
performance for decades.
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The Powerscreen Warrior 2400
features a heavy duty incline
screen with a high amplitude
triple shaft drive mechanism.

Powerscreen’s Warrior 2400 Builds Upon 1400’s Success
Powerscreen has launched the
new Powerscreen Warrior 2400 as
part of its new product development program.
“The Warrior 2400 builds on
the global success of the Warrior
1400 and Warrior 1800, representing the next step in the evolution
of heavy duty track mobile screeners. With the Warrior 2400,

Powerscreen extends our range of
heavy duty screeners, to meet the
needs of larger end users and operators in the quarrying, mining and
recycling sectors,” said Pat Brian,
Powerscreen global director of
sales.
The Powerscreen Warrior 2400
is a multi-purpose unit, capable of
handling large feed sizes while

remaining convenient to move and
transport, according to the manufacturer.
It features a heavy duty incline
screen with a high amplitude triple
shaft drive mechanism, lending
itself to screening, scalping, 2 or 3
way splitting and stockpiling
materials like aggregates, topsoil,
coal, construction, demolition

The screen will accept a wide variety of media making it suitable for many applications.

waste and iron ore. The screen will
accept a wide variety of media
making it suitable for many applications.
Set-up time and ease of operation are aided by hydraulic folding
tail and side conveyors, 2-speed
tracks, a slide-out tail conveyor
facility to aid media access and
load sensing collection conveyor

circuit to avoid blockages. Its simple-to-use electrical control system allows operators to monitor
and diagnose the machine onsite
via an LCD display without specialist tools. The Warrior 2400 also
will be offered with optional dual
power.
For more information, visit
www.powerscreen.com.

Set-up time and ease of operation are aided by hydraulic folding tail and side conveyors, 2-speed tracks, a slide-out tail conveyor facility to aid media access and
load sensing collection conveyor circuit to avoid blockages.

LT Series plants are available with a jaw, cone
or impact crusher; with or without screens,
and with a wide variety of options. Metso’s
comprehensive solutions, combined with
our years of experience, help you increase
productivity and control costs. Contact your
local Metso distributor today.
www.metso.com

The 17” capacity Model 1590XP features an
This rugged, high production unit will easily
19.5” x 20.5” chipper opening for breaking down dispose of whole trees. Features a 26” x 20.5”
limby materials. Engine options up to 142-hp.
opening and engine options up to 250-hp.

MODEL 2800XP

Self-Propelled Stumper

MODEL 3200XP

Towable Stumper

A high-production towable stump grinder
featuring a 32” diameter by 1-1/2” thick
cutting wheel. A great buy for the high
production stump grinding contractor.

”

Compact enough to fit through a 36” gate.
Features a hydrostatic cutter wheel drive
and a 2- or 4-wheel drive undercarriage.

Self-Propelled Stumper

Very compact and economical; this backyard
stumper is available with 2- or 4-wheel drive.
Now available with 44.2-hp engine.

MODEL 2900XP

Track Stumper

Equipped with a powerful hydrostatic cutting
wheel and an expandable/retractable rubbertracked undercarriage. Now with GREENTEETH®
technology and 84.5- to 114-hp engine options.

MODEL 3400XP

Track Stumper

Features a Caterpillar® rubber tracked
undercarriage, radio remote control, and
a wide track base with plenty of power.

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Bandit’s 18” capacity disc chippers are
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”

MODEL 1590XP

MODEL 280XP

”

”
Handlebar Stumper

The unique center-pivot design lets you swing
the handlebars from side-to-side to grind the
stump, leaving the undercarriage stationary.

MODEL 2100XP

Disc-Style Chipper

Pound for pound and dollar for dollar, there is not
a tougher, more productive chipper available in
this size range. Features a 12.5” x 19” opening.

17

”

Drum-Style Chipper

The 12” capacity Model 1090XP from Bandit is
the compact, durable solution to your chipping
needs. Features the patented Power Slot system.

12

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All of our self powered radial stackers
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Silent Drive to Manufacture,
Distribute Portable Scissor Lift
Truck auxiliary lift and trailer suspension
manufacturer Silent Drive Inc., Orange City,
Iowa, announced a joint venture with
Portable Lift Equipment Inc., Beresford,
S.D., to manufacture and distribute the TP
9000 mobile scissor lift. As the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only
towable, auto-leveling scissors lift, it does
not require a special trailer for transport and
can be used for utility construction, roof
repair, tree trimming and construction applications.
The TP 9000 features a 48- by 64-in. (122
by 162 cm) platform with a 30-in. (76 cm)
rollout deck extension and a 28-ft. (8.5 m)
maximum working height. Two 12-volt DC
deep cycle batteries provide 50 to 100 lifts
per charge. An on-board battery charger and
110 VAC power are standard.
The lift meets ANSI and CSA standards
and features outrigger legs for stability as
well as non-slip steps and platform to ensure
user safety. An optional auto-level feature
allows the lift to be set up quickly and safely. The lift also can be customized for specific applications. A self-drive option will be
available in July of 2009.

John’s Gradall Service Flourishes With Collective Effort
In Just Five Years, Small Family Company Has Grown Well Beyond Founders’Expectations

By Jay Adams

CEG CORRESPONDENT

Just five short years ago, a secretary for a
construction company decided to leave her
office to join forces with her husband’s son
to form a new company.
It was 2004 when Laura Scott and John
Smith founded John’s Gradall Service in
Mansfield, Mass. They started as simply as
possible, with just the two of them as
employees and one machine.
Fast forward only a brief five years, and
the company has quickly grown to a dozen
workers and two-dozen machines.
The family brought a lot of experience to
the operation. John’s Gradall Service represents years of collective teamwork, from the
smallest projects to the most complicated.
Laura’s husband, Jack Smith, brought more
than 45 years of construction work to the
fold, while his son, John, had been in heavy
construction for all of his adult life.
What began with one Gradall has grown
to more than a dozen, all on active rental.
Additionally, the company offers a large
assortment of other equipment, such as
trucks, Bobcats, dozers, excavators, loaders
and various pieces of specialty equipment to
meet a variety of construction needs.
Beyond equipment rental, John’s Gradall
Service performs vast assortments of other
heavy iron work, including road construction, sidewalk reconstruction, septic systems, and sewer collection systems, building construction, site work, hydro-seeding,
grading and all manner of excavation work.
A union company, John’s Gradall
employs union operators and all of its
employees are 40-hour Hazmat and OSHA
trained. Its fleet of later model equipment is
completely maintained by in-house staff,
bolstered by the recent addition of noted
regional technician George Ford, who is a
certified Gradall mechanic.
“Everybody knows him,” said General

(L-R): John Smith, Jack Smith, Laura Scott and technician George Ford all keep
John’s Gradall Service running smoothly out of Mansfield, Mass.

Manager Jack Smith.
“He’s a top man. And we are already selling parts. We are a Gradall dealer, selling
used Gradall parts, repairing and replacing
them.”
The dream of John’s Gradall started simply enough.
“I was a secretary at a construction company. I wanted to start my own company,”
said Laura Scott. “I financed this business
with the sale of my house. I was trying to be
a woman-owned company.”
Laura has been studying hard to satisfy a
state and federal rule that requires that 10
percent of people on job sites be a minority.
“I am on the way of becoming W.B.E.
[Woman Business Enterprise].
Gradall’s XL Series excavators are
designed to meet contractors’ needs for
compact, cost-efficient machines that can
perform high productivity digging and demolition, as well as fine grading, according to

Scott, adding that “[these] low-profile, telescoping boom machines can work under
bridges and tree limbs where conventional,
knuckle boom excavators cannot, and are
easy to operate and maintain.”
Father and son, Jack and John Smith,
have a lot of experience with Gradall. John
had run them for several years before starting the new family business.
“They are a unique unit, a special piece of
equipment,” he said. “They don’t knuckle
under. They are totally different from excavators. They can work in low clearance
areas, well under power lines. They don’t
need high clearance. They do the same
work, with a lower profile. They can work
horizontally. That’s why they are unique.
“The rubber-tire machines will do 6 miles
per hour down the highway,” he added.
“You don’t need a lowbed [trailer] to move
them. They move well down the highway
and we use them a lot on the highways for

road work. They help get into really tight
areas.”
John’s Gradall can cast materials from
one Gradall to another.
“Every size and model that Gradall
makes, we own it,” said Jack Smith. “We
own every model for every situation.”
These include the XL2300, XL2200,
XL3100, XL4200, XL5100 Gradall with
hammer, the XL5200 with hammer, and the
XL2200 Gradall, which has a 360-degree
boom rotation. The milling head for the
XL5100 and XL5200 also are available.
“We bought our first machine in Florida
and, in five short years, went from one
machine to 20 to 25. And some 90 percent
go out with our operators,” added Jack
Smith.
Since its 2004 founding, the small firm
has been gaining in reputation.
“We had a big job in the town of
Walpole,” said John Smith. “We built sidewalks from absolutely nothing to the finish.
City officials rented machines from me and
they did all the work in house, so they could
understand the process and [how] it would
save them money.”
Jack said word has spread quickly about
the new, small company located amid the
dirt piles just after the concrete bridge south
of the new mall at Mansfield Crossing.
“We have grown out of word of mouth.
We’d like to keep getting out name out
there,” said Jack Smith. “We provide good
service and we have good operators, good
drivers and great mechanics.”
“Very few people have Gradall equipment,” added John. “And that’s how we
grew.”
For more information, call 508/2612800.
(Editor’s note: This article originally
appeared in the New England state supplement.) CEG

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Several features on the new PT-30 have

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What I want to know is: Why is it important to
have visible stomach muscles?
I grew up in an era (the Paleolithic) when people
kept their stomach muscles discreetly out of sight.
Most of us didn’t even realize we had stomach muscles; the only people who ever actually saw them
were courageous surgeons willing to cut through fat
layers the thickness of the Cleveland white pages.
I’m not saying we weren’t in shape; I’m just saying we had a different concept of what the shape
should be. For example, our idea of a stud-muffin prototype male was somebody along the lines of George
Reeves, who starred in the black-and-white TV version of “Superman,” playing the role of the mild-mannered newspaper reporter Clark Kent, whom nobody
ever suspected of being Superman because he disguised himself by wearing glasses. (It is a known fact
that if you put on glasses, even your closest friends
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The TV Superman, who was more powerful than a
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fact, he didn’t have much muscle definition at all; he
pretty much looked like a middle-aged guy at a
Halloween party wearing a Superman costume made
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time around the onion dip. From certain angles, he
looked as though he weighed more than a locomotive.
But he got the job done. He was always flying to
crime scenes faster than a speeding bullet in a horizontal position with his arms out in front of him.
Study question: Did he fly in this position because
he had to? Or was it that the public would have been
less impressed if he had flown in a sitting position,
like an airline passenger, reading a magazine and eating honey-roasted peanuts?
When Superman arrived at the crime scene, he
would knock down the door, played by a piece of
balsa wood, and confront the criminals, who were
usually suit-wearing men with harsh voices. (You had
a better-dressed criminal in those days.)
“Superman!” the criminals would say. This was
the signal for Superman to put his hands on his hips
so the criminals could shoot their revolvers at his
chest, an effort that always caused Superman to adopt
a bemused expression because, as a native of Krypton
with special powers, he knew that the criminals were
shooting blanks. Then Superman would turn the criminals over to the police, played by Irish character
actors in their mid-60s, after which he would fly in a
horizontal position back to his secret Fortress of

Onion Dip.
The point is that, in my era, Superman did not have
visible stomach muscles, and neither did Hercules or
Tarzan, who needed steel-reinforced vines. But now,
suddenly, everybody is supposed to have rippling
abdominals — or “abs,” as they’re often called. They
are hot. If muscle groups were rock bands, the abdominals would be Hootie and the Blowfish. Turn on your
television, and if you do not see a commercial in
which a leading economist such as Candice Bergen,
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to Candice, Michael or Whoopi), you will see the
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off their abdominal muscles, which bulge and writhe
beneath a thin, sweaty layer of skin, so that the people
look as though they’re smuggling pythons down
there.
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attractive? And how important, really, are abdominal
muscles? I mean, I’m sure they serve some medical

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February 27 to March 3, 2010 – International Hardware Fair. International Hardware
Fair Cologne 2010, Cologne, Germany. For more information regarding this event contact Chris Beavers, Koelnmesse, Inc. at 773-326-9928.
March/April 2010 – Meetings. IAAP Grassroots Meetings in Your Region include
Grassroots meetings hosted by the IAAP Legislative Committee and the Transportation for
Illinois Coalition provide a chance to catch up with old friends and meet new ones interested in state transportation issues. Please sign up for one or more in your area:
Northeast Region Grassroots Meeting (IDOT District 1), Monday March 8 at 6:00
p.m., Bluestone Bar & Grill, 2387 E. Joliet Highway in New Lenox, Illinois.
Contact Shawn McKinney, Outreach Manager, Illinois Association of Aggregate
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March, 2010 – Project Manager Development Program. Brought to you by the
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March 2, 2010 – Webinar. AGC of America: EPA’s Construction Stormwater
Program: What the New Mandated Discharge Limits, Monitoring Requirements and
Prescriptive E&S Controls Mean for Contractors. Contact Information: Phone Numbers
include 703/548-3118 (local) and 800/242-1767 (Publications) and Fax Number
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March 2-3, 2010 – Conference. The 19th annual Spring Thaw/State Grants Safety
Conference will be held at the Starved Rock Lodge in Utica, Illinois. This conference is
co-sponsored by the Mne Safety and Health Administration and the Illinois Department
of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals State Grants Program. The
Conference is free; however, if you wish to partake of the food and refreshments there is
a $30.00 fee. Conference check-in begins at noon on Tuesday, March 2nd, with the
opening session beginning at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday’s program will conclude with a complimentary evening reception sponsored by the IAAP. For more information, contact
Mike Falter, IDNR/Office of Mines and Minerals, at: 217-785-9019 or
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March 4, 2010 – WEBINAR. The Industrial Minerals Association – North America
(IMA-NA) presents a Webinar titled, “SPCC and SWPPP Plans: Practical Tips for
Compliance.” Please contact John Henriksen, Executive Director, Illinois Association of
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March 9-10, 2010 – EXPO. Philadelphia Construction EXPO to be held at the Greater
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March 12, 2010 – PREP CLASS. AGC of St. Louis has partnered with the American
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at the Construction Training School, 6301 Knox Industrial Drive for the Level II Certified
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2010. For more information, contact Kathy Givens regarding the online registration
process at 314-480-3172, or contact Joanne Engle at 314-644-1525 or jengel@stlcts.org. Registration deadline is March 5, 2010.
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March 24, 2010 – Breakfast. The IAAP Legislative Breakfast is scheduled from 7:00
to 9:00 a.m. at the Sangamo Club in Springfield Illinois. The IAAP actively works for legislation that helps the aggregates industry and fights legislation that hurts aggregate producers and the companies selling goods and services to this industry. To be successful,
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Schoening at 217-241-1639.
May 11, 2010 – Convention. The IAAP’s 42nd Annual Convention is scheduled at
the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. The Illinois Association of Aggregate
Producers is putting together another fine Convention program, all we need is you! Save
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June 1-5, 2010 – EXPO. ConExpo Russia 2010, Crocus International Exhibition
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Northeastern U.S., enjoyed a little Sunshine State weather
while vying for a host of equipment over the eight-day auction. A diverse selection of iron went on the block, including
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equipment, excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, backhoes,
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This 2005 Cat 12H went for $114,000.

David Tripp (L), president of Tripp Equipment, and
John Gorham of Yancey Bros. enjoy the sunshine and a
few peanuts during the auction.
Pete Clark (R) of Yoder & Frey always has a
moment to talk with his regular attendees and
buyers including Dick Tabb of Tabb Equipment
Sales,
Roswell,
Ga.

After purchasing this Wirtgen W2000 milling machine
for an oversees client, Jonadhan Cardoso (L) and
German Montano of Energy Freight Systems, Doral,
Fla., measure the conveyor for transportation purposes.

These Caterpillar dealer representatives are having an all
around good time while waiting for the parts auctioning to
begin. (L-R) are Mike Durgin, Milton CAT, New Hampshire;
Richard Call, Gregory Poole Equipment, Raleigh, N.C.; Mike
Sisco, Yancey Bros. Co., Bloomingdale, Ga.; and Jerry Calhoun,
Gregory Poole Equipment, Washington, N.C.

No golf cart needed
for Dan Posma (L) of
Dan Ho Excavating,
Holland, Mich., as he
rolls around on his
Segway X2 off-road
model (who even
knew Segway made
an off-road model).
And, of course, he
was getting a lot of
questions about his
ride including ones
from Don Watts of D
& D Asphalt,
Greensboro, N.C.

Jim Davis, president of Davis Auctions, has been
coming to the Yoder & Frey Kissimmee sale for
many years, lending a hand to his good friend,
Peter Clark.

During the week-long sale, Thursday, Feb. 18, was hydraulic excavator day. All
makes and models of excavators and excavator attachments were auctioned to the
highest bidder.

Looking at the engine on this Caterpillar long-reach excavator are Samuel Valdez
(L), president, and Allandro Nonroy, vice president, both of Valdez Construction in
Mexico City.

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ore than 7,000 people from more
than 75 countries registered to bid
on $138 million of used equipment
and trucks sold at an unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
in Orlando, Fla., from Feb. 15 to 19.
Thousands of people visited Ritchie
Bros.’s permanent auction site to inspect
more than 7,200 equipment items and bid in
person; thousands more participated online
at www.rbauction.com. Bidders from outside Florida purchased $118 million of
equipment (85 percent), including $61 million purchased by out-of-country bidders (44
percent).
“There was such a positive atmosphere at
the auction: we had a huge international
crowd at the site, with active bidding online;
buyers were impressed with the selection of

equipment and the fairness of the bidding
and sellers were pleased with solid pricing,”
said Steve Kriebel, Ritchie Bros. regional
manager. “We had thousands of people bidding on all five days of the auction, and they
came from all over North America and the
world. Thanks to the size and diversity of the
bidding audience at the auction, pricing was
strong across all equipment categories. This
auction exceeded our expectations in pretty
much every respect. We experienced overall
growth in Orlando in 2009 compared to the
prior year, and 2010 is off to a good start.”
Ritchie Bros. sold equipment and trucks
on behalf of more than 600 consignors,
including Young’s Contracting of Niceville,
Fla. Co-owners Laverne Young and his son,
Kirk, sold several million dollars worth of
equipment in the Orlando auction, including

The grandstand facing the ramp area fills up as bidding begins on Day two.

(L-R): Marty Kuhl and Bob Kukulski of Foley Inc. and Jerry Holleran of Machinery
Services in Royersford, Pa., welcome the opportunity to leave the cold and snowy
northeast and soak up a little Florida sunshine at this year’s sales.

Crane Alley — Rows and rows of cranes await new homes.

wheel loaders, excavators, articulated
dump trucks, crawler tractors and
trucks.
“There’s less work so we’re downsizing, but we’re not out of business,”
said Laverne Young. “We were very
thorough about this decision. We
talked to four or five companies and
Ritchie Bros. came up with the best
plan for us. We are very, very happy
with the results of the auction. About
95 percent of the items sold for more
than we expected — and some went
for a lot more. I think the amount of
people at the auction, and the number
of places they come from, is the
Randall Sanderson of T-Quip hopes to
biggest factor.”
pick up some late model used equipment
see RITCHIE page 122

to bring home to his New England customers.

Dana Berger (L), used equipment manager of
H.O. Penn and Tim Perkins of Milton CAT made
the trip to Florida from the northeast knowing
that the prices at the Kissimmee February auctions signal to the rest of the country what to
expect from used equipment sale prices for the
rest of the year.

Many bidders took advantage of the virtual ramp room where photos of stationary equipment on which in the yard could be bid.

Mack Hunter, president of Hunter
Trucking & Excavating, Topsham,
Maine, thought he was escaping New
England’s cold February temps but
found himself sitting in the cab of this
Case 850K in cold February Orlando
temps in the low 50s.

General Equipment Co.’s 130C
Tackles Myriad Cutting Jobs
General
Equipment
Company’s 130C CUT-RTACH is a cost-effective
solution for many asphalt
cutting projects, such as road
patching, scoring and edging, and various tasks for
pipeline, street, water and
sewer applications, according to the manufacturer.
The 130C clamps to most
backhoe dippersticks or tractor/wheel loader buckets
with up to 2.5-cu. yd. (1.9 cu
m) capacities. No special
tools, modifications or
adapters are required. The
twin-screw pivot clamp conforms to differences in buck- The 130C clamps to most backhoe dippersticks or tracloader buckets with up to 2.5-cu. yd. (1.9 cu
et shapes and sizes and can tor/wheel
m) capacities.
be used in forward and
reverse cutting.
A 13.5 in. (34 cm)-diameter cutting blade rates with lighter machinery.
Cutting blades are field replaceable withis machined from a special service, heattreated alloy steel and yields a maximum out having to disturb bearings or seals.
For more information, call 800/533-0524
asphalt cutting depth of 5 in. (12.7 cm). The
130C is capable of producing high cutting or visit www.generalequip.com.

The Equipment Appraisers Association of
North America (EAANA) reached an
important milestone as the group convened
in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 29 and 30 for its 20th
annual meeting.
More than 85 members and guests celebrated the anniversary of the association,
which was incorporated on May 18, 1990, in
Pennsylvania. At its inception, EAANA had
15 charter members who were all involved
in the construction or mining industries.
Five years later, membership was extended
to professionals in all disciplines of equipment and machinery.
In 1997 the group adopted the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
as the standard of practice for its members,
approved a Code of Ethics, revised its membership requirements and established designations for members. EAANA was accepted
as a member of The Appraisal Foundation
Advisory Council in 1999. Today, EAANA
is 144 members strong, with members from
the United States and Canada.
Jim Balsarini, the founder and president of
EAANA, who was then the equipment manager of Alex E. Paris Contracting Co. Inc.,

Atlasburg, Pa., started the association out of
what he felt was a need for an appraiser
group made up of construction and mining

At its inception,
EAANA had 15
charter members who
were all involved in
the construction or
mining industries.
professionals that would give the members
increased validation and recognition.
Balsarini, along with four of the other
original charter members, were on hand in
Pittsburgh to celebrate the success of the
organization with a well-earned champagne
toast.
For
more
information
visit
www.eaana.org.
(This story also can be found on
Construction Equipment Guide’s Web
site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

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ood weather and a good crowd provided a great auction for the Manheim Heavy Truck and
Equipment Auction on Feb. 19. More than 275 pieces were auctioned included trucks, trailers,
excavators, dozers and more.

This Cat 928G may be going to Orlando with Luis Gil.

Chris Pomeroy of Alterra Tracing
came all the way from Manlius, N.Y.,
to look over the equipment.

Elbow room only — Bidders gather around as the dozers go on the auction block
during Yoder & Frey’s 36th annual Kissimmee, Fla., February sale.

Rain and the ensuing mud is no match for Yoder & Frey’s annual Kissimmee, Fla.,
sale as one of the auction trucks makes its way down the parts row while strapped
to the back of a Kawasaki 70ZV wheel loader.

YODER from page 114

With eight action-packed days of auctioning at the
Yoder & Frey sale, bidders need to pace themselves.
Don Forsay of D.F. Contractors, Rochester, N.Y., gets
away from the crowd and relaxes on his Polaris 800
Sportsman.

Roger McHugh of Brookside Equipment is a mainstay
at equipment auctions all across the country, bringing
iron home to their yard in Massachusetts.

Ron Coale, fondly known as “Mr. Everything” by his
employers with Yoder & Frey, is one of the many
behind-the-scenes guys who keeps things running
smoothly at the annual Kissimmee sale.

Very happy to be out of the Western Maryland snow and “digging” the big iron
including this Caterpillar D9N (L-R) are Bill Miller, Mo Pratt, Chip Robison and Dale
Fairgrieve of Bill Miller Equipment Sales, Eckhart, Md.

Allmand Maxi-Lite EX Series Absolute Auction
Surplus Equipment Liquidation
to Feature Vertical Tower
Pillari Bros. Construction Corp
Allmand Bros. Inc.’s V Series vertical light tower configuration is now a standard feature
on its Maxi-Lite EX Series light towers. The ML EX V Series offers the convenience of the
vertical tower, a significantly extended run time, a larger, wider, and more stable trailer, and
added auxiliary power. This multi-purpose unit brings extra versatility to construction, mining, oil and gas work sites, tent cities and event venues, according to the manufacturer.
Straight Up
With the V Series design, the mast on the ML EX V Series will vertically telescope and
retract from its own housing, resulting in easier setup, simplified shipping, towing and storage, and reduced potential for damage. The V Series configuration features a hydraulic lift
system, which allows the mast to be completely raised and lowered in less than 30 seconds.
Additionally, this design allows for more intuitive light fixture positioning (angle and direction). The tower is still vertical when retracted, making accurate fixture adjustment fast and
simple. Furthermore, the fixtures firmly hold their adjusted position as the tower is raised, and the lights can be operated at
any height.
Added Power
The rugged ML EX V Series units deliver 20, 30, and
soon to come 40-kW of power. This provides additional
electrical power source for powering temporary work
trailers, pumps, additional lighting or other auxiliary
equipment.
Long Run Time
The standard 135-gal. (511 L) fuel capacity on the
ML EX V Series provides extended operation with less
service expense.
The trailer-integrated fuel containment system
means the unit is more environmentally friendly,
according to the manufacturer.
By utilizing Allmand’s SHO-HD 1,250-watt lighting system, the ML EX V Series provides 150,000
lumens per lamp. An optional Saf-T-Visor attachment
directs previously wasted light onto the work site.
Standard features include a modular engine/genset,
which allows for simple engine/generator removal or
change out. Service is simplified with a hinged ballast
panel, which only requires two bolts to be removed for
full access. Captive latches on the tower support and
outriggers eliminate the potential for lost pins.
Optional inside lamp storage for both four and six
light models allows for better security
of the SHO lamp fixtures when the
lighting system is not being used.
For more information, call
800/562-1373 or visit www.allmand.com.
With the V Series
design, the mast on
the ML EX V Series
will vertically telescope and retract
from its own housing.

Thurs., March 25, 2010 – 9:00 AM
Farmingdale, New Jersey

Notice: Pillari Bros. have determined specific equipment to be surplus to their needs entering into the 2010
construction season. Pillari, however, will continue to offer the finest site development and heavy construction services throughout NJ and surrounding states. All equipment is owned by Pillari and will sell to the
highest bidder, regardless of price and without Buyer’s Premium!

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